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Shooting Up Drugs. Now He Has A Hard Lump In His Arm At The Site Of The Injection.what Is It?
my friend shot up crystal meth and now he has a hard lump in his arm at the site of the injection and its been there for two weeks what is it?
Thu, 18 Aug 2011
Hello, welcome to HCM. You need to tell me more about the lump. Is there any pain or swellling around the area and any change in it's size. It could be an abscess or lipoma or even hematoma but usually hematoma dont last so long. you must consult a surgeon for proper evaluation. Wish you good health.
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It will disappear after some times. If it is from before injection ,then it should be Lipoma(tumour of fat).Lipoma is a harm less ,non cancerous tumour.If u want to diagnose it clinicaly then u must consult surgeon.
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