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Reason For Itching After PTCC Insertion In Arm?
A patient complained about itching after the insertion of his PICC line in his right upper arm. His nurse told him it could be because of the NS used to flush the line. I read somewhere it could be from the irritation of the newly inserted PICC line causing histamines to be activated. Can you help answer this questions, please? Many thanks.
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
Hello,
It is true that with any trauma, like a picc like getting inserted, there can be some inflammatory reaction. Histamines may be released and that along with swelling can cause some itching.
Regards
It is true that with any trauma, like a picc like getting inserted, there can be some inflammatory reaction. Histamines may be released and that along with swelling can cause some itching.
Regards
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