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Had An Angiogram In Right Wrist, Pain, Bruising. How To Get Relief From It?

I had an angiogramme in the right wrist 3 days ago as the doctor could not get the veins up in the groin it was extremely painfull and i could feel everything as they said that i fought off the sedation however i have a constant pain and bruising in my inner arm and the wrist the cardiologist nearly stopped the procedure as he had to change the cathiter 3 times to find a vein in the wrist ,it is also very close to a quedains site op that i had last year so would this maybe caused some bruising inside . I have been taking co dryamole every 4 hours with not having much pain releif
Tue, 19 Mar 2013
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in your case two of the most predominant issues are radial artery occlusion (RAO) and radial artery spasm.
Radial artery occlusion occurs when a clot forms in the radial artery that blocks antegrade blood flow. This clot is thought to be from vessel irritation or injury during sheath insertion and removal, which leads to spasm .
consult with your doctor , increase your drugs , you can use warm water bag on local site ( pain relief and will decrease spasm)
if pain persist then do in radial artery color Doppler for assessment of radial artery thrombus
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Had An Angiogram In Right Wrist, Pain, Bruising. How To Get Relief From It?

in your case two of the most predominant issues are radial artery occlusion (RAO) and radial artery spasm. Radial artery occlusion occurs when a clot forms in the radial artery that blocks antegrade blood flow. This clot is thought to be from vessel irritation or injury during sheath insertion and removal, which leads to spasm . consult with your doctor , increase your drugs , you can use warm water bag on local site ( pain relief and will decrease spasm) if pain persist then do in radial artery color Doppler for assessment of radial artery thrombus .