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Post by ac on Dec 18, 2014 11:44:44 GMT -5
A few days ago I had a shooting pain go down my arm during a blood draw. I mentioned it to the nurse and she said "oh, I must have hit a nerve". She didn't seem too worried about it so I wasn't either. It's now several days later and if I rub the vein with my arm at a certain angle then the shooting pain comes back. Does anyone know what could be wrong? Anyone experience this before? Hope it's not permanent.
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Post by travelingrat on Dec 19, 2014 11:13:58 GMT -5
hi ac! i was in a study in 2012 where the phlebotomist actually JABBED the side of my arm and almost immediately the vein got red and the area over it red and swollen all the way to the wrist. that was at the start of an 18 day study. i complained to the coordinator and the clinic director. they both were nonchalant and jsut told me to ice it. i requested that that phlebotomist NOT draw my blood any more. she had not taken any care at all, just walked up, grabbed my arm and jabbed.
my arm was swollen and red all up and down the vein site for a week, then slowly got better. it also hurt quite a bit!! the whole time i worried that there was nerve damage, basically because it hurt so much. it didn't help that they didn't seem to care.
fortunately, by the time the study ended, it was fine. they used my other arm for all the rest of the blood drawws (there were a lot).
i don't think this answer is very helpful but i felt i should respond anyway. if you are in the study now, i would report it as an Adverse Event so there is a record of it. the clinic i was in did not want it reported but i insisted.
also ask them for ice packs and try icing it. or if there is an ice machine available, just make your own with a baggie and ice.
best wishes to you, ac!
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Post by hairyscarylarry on Dec 19, 2014 12:56:30 GMT -5
Yes. Definitely report it.
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Post by idoitforthepong on Dec 23, 2014 23:01:18 GMT -5
Yeah hitting a nerve is a *****, but with all the blood draws we get it's bound to happen. Try to get draws on the other arm and don't do heavy lifting or anything that will stress the arm that was hit. It took me a while to get the pain to mostly go away when i had a nerve hit...but it should...though i still am a bit sensitive on that vein and prefer to do other arm as much as possible.
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Post by ac on Dec 24, 2014 11:17:53 GMT -5
I ued to use the same arm for the next 19 blood draws and have had no problem. I still get the shooting pain down my arm at random several times a day after 10 days. It hasn't gotten any better but it's no worse. I think i'll keep using the same vein. As long as they don't hit the never again it'll be fine. I've had at least 700 sticks in the vein and this is the only time they hit a nerve so I guess that's not too bad. As long as it does eventually heal then it's not that big of a deal.
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