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What Causes Pain In Upper Arm And Bruise After Drawing Blood?
I have a friend who had blood draw and being alittle overweight it took alittle longer to find a vein, After having it drwan she develpoed a bruise which is still there slightly, but the problem she's having now and has had for a few weeks is pain in upper arm. What would cause that?
Mon, 10 Apr 2017
Respected Sir, bruise is associated with partial outage of the venous blood during withdrawl procedure. as there is pain apply ice on the affected part 5-6 times a day, take anti-inflammatory drugs according to physician advise and get cured dear thanks regards
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