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Giving blood and complications
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Right well last Thursday I went to give blood. It's been a while since the last time but never had any problems before. Anyways about 3/4's the way through donating the blood stopped coming out. She started playing with the needle to see if a slightly different position would help it start flowing again, whilst she was doing that I started feeling really queezy and apparently went completely white.
Anyways I recovered fine from that had lots of fluids and went on my way. But I had loads and loads of pain in my arm...it couldn't be touched by anything even lightly, couldn't straighten it completely or bend it much without it hurting, couldn't carry anything at all with it all Thursday and it was slightly swollen. After a good nights sleep the bruising came out...it covers about 5 inches length of my arm and 3 inches round and still some amount of pain from moving my arm around.
Anyways now that arm is slightly colder than my other, keeps going tingly and the muscles are tenser in it when I leave it in the same sort of position for a long time...like typing or writing (not good when I'm in the middle of exams). Could giving blood and the complications have caused any serious damage that I need to see a doctor about or am I just being a hypocondriact (sp?) like my bro says and leave it a few more days and see if it sorts itself out when the bruising starts to go down?
Anyways I recovered fine from that had lots of fluids and went on my way. But I had loads and loads of pain in my arm...it couldn't be touched by anything even lightly, couldn't straighten it completely or bend it much without it hurting, couldn't carry anything at all with it all Thursday and it was slightly swollen. After a good nights sleep the bruising came out...it covers about 5 inches length of my arm and 3 inches round and still some amount of pain from moving my arm around.
Anyways now that arm is slightly colder than my other, keeps going tingly and the muscles are tenser in it when I leave it in the same sort of position for a long time...like typing or writing (not good when I'm in the middle of exams). Could giving blood and the complications have caused any serious damage that I need to see a doctor about or am I just being a hypocondriact (sp?) like my bro says and leave it a few more days and see if it sorts itself out when the bruising starts to go down?
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Plus at worse doc says don't worry and you go home again, only 1/2 an hour wasted not like its really terrible to see a doc is it?
i get similar (but loads milder) symptoms if i've had blood tests and they've either been a bit clumsy with the needle, or taken loads of samples, so it could just be that, and will go away in a few days, but for the sake of a phone call, do you want to chance it?
If it is still sore, then I suggest you go to your doc or A+E
If you are worried, contact the NBS.
Who will no doubt send you to your doc..
But everyone wants to cover their backs these days... so no doubt would pass the buck. [God I sound like an old man.... "back in the olden days...."
But contrary to popular belief - nerves outwith the CNS have the ability to regenerate [depending on a number of factors..]
For example, when I have my appendecectomy, about two cm around the scar had no feeling at all, but after a few months the feeling came back.
No, I would not make rash decisions [pun intended], without the proper investigations..
and you are all hypochondriacs anyway.. need to keep the masses happy...:p
It used to be that no-one had a lot of access to medical information, but with the advent of the internet, people see symptoms they have and assume that is the condition they are suffering. The reason why some docs get pissed off when people bring in print-outs off the internet....
She had really swollen arm for a couple of days, couldn't move it or lift anything...sounds a bit like you. I'd wait for the swelling to go down before you panic about any long term damage
and panthro ":D" isn't helping you either.
I havent come across any advice that I think is harmful. Most seem to say go to your doctor, or phone nhs direct. Occasionally we get someone who works in a medical field, give a bit of advice on what they think it may be judging by the symptoms said. No different to what NHS direct does really.
Whats wrong with that.
What telling someone to go to their doc or A+E is somehow dangerous...???
Get a grip. The hypcondriac joke was exactly that - a joke.