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What Could Cause Bleeding In An Infant At The Site Of Immunization?

When I gave a 2 month old a immunization today it bled a lot. Enough to bleed through a bandaid and some cottonballs. I am not sure if I didn't get all of the air out of the syringe or not. If there was air in it can it cause problems and what could be a reason the child bled so bad?
Fri, 18 Jul 2014
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Thanks for the query.
Needle probably went through a vein to the other side and out the far wall of the vein and embedded in muscle tissue so when you aspirated there was no blood, but after the injection and withdrew the needle back through the vein the blood following the path of the needle on the way out of the vein and the path produced by the needle through the IM site. Similar to the way blood travels the path of the needle during blood draws only without the needle for the path.

Check the child for platlet count, bleeding and clotting time, ask about history of haemophilia.

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What Could Cause Bleeding In An Infant At The Site Of Immunization?

Thanks for the query. Needle probably went through a vein to the other side and out the far wall of the vein and embedded in muscle tissue so when you aspirated there was no blood, but after the injection and withdrew the needle back through the vein the blood following the path of the needle on the way out of the vein and the path produced by the needle through the IM site. Similar to the way blood travels the path of the needle during blood draws only without the needle for the path. Check the child for platlet count, bleeding and clotting time, ask about history of haemophilia. Hope i helped you.