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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / May 2008Bruising at injection site
Is this normal? I looked down today to see where I hadn't injected before and saw a huge bruise! I tried not to pinch the skin up in that area, but it still hurt the bruised area very badly when I pinched up the skin next to it. I inject in my stomach if that matters. I have very little fat on my legs but plenty on the stomach. Then this afternoon, I was getting dressed and looked in the mirror. My entire stomach is a mass of bruises, marching along in a rather uneven line. I should add I do not bruise easily and I can't remember the last time I had a bruise. Exception being when I worked at K Mart and we got those racks for plastic bags at the checkouts. The prongs were very sharp. My job was to fix the scanners, among other things. The bag rack was right next to the scanner and I was forever running my hip bones into the prongs. I swear I had permanent bruises there for a couple of years. Thanks! > Is this normal? I looked down today to see where I hadn't injected before > and saw a huge bruise! I tried not to pinch the skin up in that area, but [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks! Julie, I have the same type of bruises on my stomach/upper abdomen from my Byetta injections. Sometimes the bruises are small, sometimes they're huge. However, I bruise **very** easily, and I know you just said you don't...so I don't know how helpful my input is to you. :-) Karen Type 2 > Julie, I have the same type of bruises on my stomach/upper abdomen from my > Byetta injections. Sometimes the bruises are small, sometimes they're > huge. However, I bruise **very** easily, and I know you just said you > don't...so I don't know how helpful my input is to you. :-) Thanks. Sometimes I feel like I am pushing the pen really hard into me when I am counting the 6 or 10 seconds, depending on the insulin I am using. >> Julie, I have the same type of bruises on my stomach/upper abdomen from my >> Byetta injections. Sometimes the bruises are small, sometimes they're [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks. Sometimes I feel like I am pushing the pen really hard into me when > I am counting the 6 or 10 seconds, depending on the insulin I am using. don't push the pen really hard into you......... the needle is all that has to penetrate the skin  Signaturekate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html > don't push the pen really hard into you......... the needle is all that > has to penetrate the skin My brain knows that but my hand does not. > "Karen in NC" <sickofspam@nospam.com> wrote in message > > Julie, I have the same type of bruises on my stomach/upper abdomen from > > my Byetta injections. Sometimes the bruises are small, sometimes [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > when I am counting the 6 or 10 seconds, depending on the insulin I am > using. Julie, shouldn't you be injecting subcutaneously, rather than intramuscular. It's not like you're trying to do a peritoneal injection, as with DMSO. SignatureNick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I've known US vets who served as far back as the Spanish American War. They are all my heroes! Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ >> "Karen in NC" <sickofspam@nospam.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > as > with DMSO. Hmmm... That video you showed me said to pinch the skin up gently. The nurse said to pull it up really hard and firm. Maybe that's why? > "Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote in message > > Is this normal? I looked down today to see where I hadn't injected > > before and saw a huge bruise! I tried not to pinch the skin up in that [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > hip bones into the prongs. I swear I had permanent bruises there for a > > couple of years. > Julie, I have the same type of bruises on my stomach/upper abdomen from > my Byetta injections. Sometimes the bruises are small, sometimes they're > huge. However, I bruise **very** easily, and I know you just said you > don't...so I don't know how helpful my input is to you. :-) Julie, at what angle do you hold the pen when you inject yourself. I've never used a pen, but when I was shooting insulin, I used to hold the syringe at between 15 and 30 degrees off the skin (it's been 13 or 14 years, so I don't remember exactly). You might find this URL interesting. They also talk about Lantus. http://www.apidra.com/how_to_take/default.aspx SignatureNick. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families! I've known US vets who served as far back as the Spanish American War. They are all my heroes! Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ > Julie, at what angle do you hold the pen when you inject yourself. I've > never used a pen, but when I was shooting insulin, I used to hold the > syringe at between 15 and 30 degrees off the skin (it's been 13 or 14 > years, so I don't remember exactly). You might find this URL interesting. > They also talk about Lantus. > http://www.apidra.com/how_to_take/default.aspx I don't know angles. I just push it straight in. Thanks! >> Julie, at what angle do you hold the pen when you inject yourself. >> I've never used a pen, but when I was shooting insulin, I used to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I don't know angles. I just push it straight in. Strange, I was taught angles. That was with regular syringes not pens though. >>> Julie, at what angle do you hold the pen when you inject yourself. >>> I've never used a pen, but when I was shooting insulin, I used to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > That was with regular syringes not pens though. the new needles are SO short, Jan, that injecting at an angle is no longer necessary when i was diagnosed, needles were 1 inch long, now they are 1/4 in or smaller (5mm and 6mm) i use an 8 or 12mm needle tip Signaturekate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html >>>> Julie, at what angle do you hold the pen when you inject yourself. >>>> I've never used a pen, but when I was shooting insulin, I used to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > i use an 8 or 12mm needle tip Mine are 1/2". >>>>> Julie, at what angle do you hold the pen when you inject yourself. >>>>> I've never used a pen, but when I was shooting insulin, I used to [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Mine are 1/2". that's 12mm Signaturekate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html >> Mine are 1/2". > that's 12mm See? I told you I wasn't good at math! > >> Mine are 1/2". > > that's 12mm > > See? I told you I wasn't good at math! I buy 8 mm x 30 gauge or even 6 mm x 31 gauge needles for my Novo pen. I have always shot at a right angle (90 degrees) or straight in to the skin. I get bruising two ways; either by pinching too hard, or by hitting a capillary. Dennis (Type 2) >> >> Mine are 1/2". >> > that's 12mm [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > skin. I get bruising two ways; either by pinching too hard, or by > hitting a capillary. Thanks! I think I was pinching too hard. The nurse told me to do that to make the skin firm. I was pinching the skin up REALLY hard. >>>>> Mine are 1/2". >>>> that's 12mm [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Thanks! I think I was pinching too hard. The nurse told me to do > that to make the skin firm. I was pinching the skin up REALLY hard. You don't need it to be firm, just up and away from painful areas. Thighs are not a place I can shoot comfotably, the left-over baby bell I can. >>>>>> Mine are 1/2". >>>>> that's 12mm [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > You don't need it to be firm, just up and away from painful areas. Thighs > are not a place I can shoot comfotably, the left-over baby bell I can. I would not try the thighs. My legs look like Nicole Richie's when she was at her thinnest. >>>>>>> Mine are 1/2". >>>>>> that's 12mm [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I would not try the thighs. My legs look like Nicole Richie's when > she was at her thinnest. Which gives even more weight to the thought you most likely do have Cushings. Finding someone to test you properly and thoroughly could prevent a lot of the grief you are going through. I have only ever known two person in real who were diagnosed with Cushings. Both had remarkable health changes for the better after treatment started. The woman had the most pronounced physical signs of Cushings. The man just had a set of unusual symptoms that pointed to diabetes but wasn't. > Is this normal? I looked down today to see where I hadn't injected before > and saw a huge bruise! I tried not to pinch the skin up in that area, but [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks! press down firmly on the injection site for at least 30 sec after you withdraw the needle Signaturekate type 1 since 1987 www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/newly%20diagnosed.html > press down firmly on the injection site for at least 30 sec after you > withdraw the needle Okay. Thanks! > Is this normal? No. It would suggest that you have a tendency to bleed. > I looked down today to see where I hadn't injected before > and saw a huge bruise! I tried not to pinch the skin up in that area, but [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I should add I do not bruise easily and I can't remember the last time I had > a bruise. Would suggest you inform your doctor about this new development. Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be euglycemic... Marana tha Prayerfully in the awesome name of LORD Jesus Christ, Andrew <>< -- http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.cardiology/msg/3558812d72ab4e17? > Is this normal? I looked down today to see where I hadn't injected before > and saw a huge bruise! I tried not to pinch the skin up in that area, but [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks! I get the occasional bruise, Julie. Someone explained in another thread a while ago that it happens when you accidentally hit a small vein. That in itself, he said, is not dangerous, but it does cause a bruise. I don't know why you get many bruises - I suppose some people bruise easily. there may, of course, be a reason other than that, and I would certainly investigate it further. Many years ago, before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I went through a phase where I'd break out in bruises for the slightest reason, such as a bump. That eventually went away. I don't know why it happened, and I don't know why it went. Henry Mydlarz. > I get the occasional bruise, Julie. Someone explained in another thread a > while ago that it happens when you accidentally hit a small vein. That in [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > slightest reason, such as a bump. That eventually went away. I don't know > why it happened, and I don't know why it went. I know I must have hit a vein when I had that one that wouldn't stop bleeding. Not sure about the others, and I don't bruise easily. Thanks! if the area is still wet with alcohol when u inject it could cause a reaction too... my finger sticks hurt like hell till i started just sticking without and my finnger wernt as scared lookin etc..got that tidbit from u all like 2 weeks after i was doing it with alcohol. KROM >> I get the occasional bruise, Julie. Someone explained in another thread a >> while ago that it happens when you accidentally hit a small vein. That in [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I know I must have hit a vein when I had that one that wouldn't stop > bleeding. Not sure about the others, and I don't bruise easily. Thanks! > if the area is still wet with alcohol when u inject it could cause a > reaction too... It's not. I learned that after my first painful injection in the hospital. The nurse didn't tell me to allow the alcohol to dry so I didn't. Injected right through it. > my finger sticks hurt like hell till i started just sticking without and > my finnger wernt as scared lookin etc..got that tidbit from u all like 2 > weeks after i was doing it with alcohol. I've never done a finger stick with alcohol. At some labs, they do. But at my Endo., they just use water on a cotton ball. |
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