DestinedForGreatness
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So is there really no fool proof method to make sure this never happens?
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Aspiration is done because when you pull back if in the proper area would feel resistance. If in a vein the syringe would quickly fill with blood. It is almost impossible to not know your in a vein. I disagree with this statement. Its actually easy to determine if youre INSIDE a vein. The resistance is similar to scar tissues because of the pressure inside your vein. The required force to inject into a vein is significantly more than intramuscular injections. There is no/or very little resistance when injection into muscle tissue (not scar tissue).
The remaining portion of your comment i completely agree with.
Blood Vessel is one of the most misused medical terms. Your Heart is a blood vessel. When we inject into muscles or attempt to the blood vessel most are referring to is a capillary. Capillaries generally carry small amounts of blood and tend to be low pressure (that means the amount of blood is small and generally stops bleeding quickly with a small amount of pressure applied on the outside skin.
If you managed to inject into a vein you would want to lay down. Call 911 and try to breath normally. It is really pointless to discuss this as it would just scare people when I cannot imagine someone doing it on accident. If you have read about Aspiration and given yourself an IM this should not be an issue.
The best advice I have if you are new to IM injections or if you intend on giving them to yourself is to read about not only proper technique but also to read about the areas of the body you intend on giving the injections. Seriously all injections are to be taken seriously but with a reasonable amount of caution and knowledge it should never be a problem.
Hope this helps.
Your fine it take 20cc of air to kill you.. very rare to die
When I injected into my glute the other day, a little blood came back when I pulled the plunger back. I pulled to needle out and injected again. Would that have been a vein or artery if there was just a little blood? Also was it ok that I injected it back in a new spot with some blood in the syringe?
So is there really no fool proof method to make sure this never happens?
Me either! I have shot blood out of my delts clear across the room... fountains out of my quads- still alive. Did my fair share of heroin and coke iv so drunk I couldnt see what I was doing. Human body is an amazing thing my brothers.I have never once aspirated.
yeah, if you died you would probably know.I used to aspirate - quit when I would be sore from the wobbling and read the CDC doesn't push it anymore and realized my doc never did, and this morning I pulled the pin out and blood went down my fucking leg. I thought, "Well, shit.. this is going to suck", but no problems with cough or dying that I'm aware of. I apparently nicked one on the way out.
@Northern Nutrition I saw you explained resistance when injecting into a vein, but how about resistance when aspirating? Often when I aspirate I get a resistance which basically pulls the plunger back in from where I pulled in order to aspirate, would that be vacuuming muscle tissue? Not possible to have resistance when in a vein right? Blood would flow right into the syringe? I have had lots of cases like that and all those sparkled a bit of curiosity as to why at some points plunger can't hold in position where I pulled to but "resets" back to starting position.
It's the equivalent of sticking your needle into a thick cut of brisket. No pockets of air or space in there. (other than whats carried by oxygenated blood inside the tissue) Since the syringe is airtight at the plunger, it creates a vacuum.
Im on HRT and have a question.
I always aspirate, but what if you accidentally do inject right into a vein?
What should you do?
Call 911 immediately?
See how you feel, and if like shit, call 911?
Immediately drive to hospital? (possibly passing out at the wheel)
I only inject half a cc. Whats my worst case scenario and what should I do if I suddenly realize I just injected into a blood vessel because I suddenly feel weird?
What are the symptoms of injecting into a blood vessel anyway? Will it be way obvious and IMMEDIATE???
Same here...inject sites I hit are delts. Bicep, tricep. Never aspirated since day 1. Now and then I get a bleeder....so far though no other bad effects. Injection volume 1cc/ siteI never aspirated and don't know many who have. In and out bro.
