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Hand Red, Painful, Swollen After Injection, Syringe Had Air. How To Treat It?

I was looking at thee q&a below about iv drug use where the girl missed & had a red, sore lump..well, I was having a lot of pain & unfortunately agreed to let sum1 shoot me w/a roxy n my hand since I have no real good veins. He got air n the syringe. I cud c it but he continued & now my entire hand is red, very painful & swollen. I don't make a habit of this & don't want 2 b embarrassed by going 2 ER..how do I treat this?
Wed, 21 Aug 2013
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Hi,
From history it seems that there might be having extravasation of blood coming out through counter puncture and there might be irritation caused by Iv medicines spread in near tissues.
At present some infection took place.
Consult your doctor and go for one antibiotic medicine course.
Apply ice pack.
Apply thrombophob cream locally.
Ok and take care.
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Hand Red, Painful, Swollen After Injection, Syringe Had Air. How To Treat It?

Hi, From history it seems that there might be having extravasation of blood coming out through counter puncture and there might be irritation caused by Iv medicines spread in near tissues. At present some infection took place. Consult your doctor and go for one antibiotic medicine course. Apply ice pack. Apply thrombophob cream locally. Ok and take care.