Could IV have caused vein damage??!
Question: I recently had my wisdom teeth extracted, and had to have an anesthsia IV in my hand. a had a really big bruise afterwards and it was painful to flex of extend my fingers. The bruised hs cleared up, but it is still sensitive to touch. The problem is that now I have a knot in the back of my hand. This prcedure has been done for about two weeks now. You can feel a hard lump in my had and I can move the vein back in forth?
what in the hell is this? Should I be worried?
Answers: I recently had my wisdom teeth extracted, and had to have an anesthsia IV in my hand. a had a really big bruise afterwards and it was painful to flex of extend my fingers. The bruised hs cleared up, but it is still sensitive to touch. The problem is that now I have a knot in the back of my hand. This prcedure has been done for about two weeks now. You can feel a hard lump in my had and I can move the vein back in forth?
what in the hell is this? Should I be worried?
The bruise you saw means there was some bleeding at the site, an unfortunate thing to have happen but not entirely unusual. It may be that the blood irritated the nerve, and also the vein as well. That would account for the sensitivity you have. The knot may be some scarring on the vein, sometimes when you insert an iv you get one of the small regulating valves which prevent backflow in the vein, and it would react by making a sort of knot. There really isn't any good way to know, and nothing that could be done to prevent it happening either. It's not really something to worry about, and should heal itself with a bit more time. Moving the vein back and forth in the back of the hand is pretty normal, one of the challenges in starting IV's in the back of the hand is keeping the darned things still sometimes so you don't go through it or miss it, or even scrape it. Ideally you would get a straight in shot and everything would go perfectly. Ideally, but not always. If you are a slender person with small veins, then it can be an even bigger challenge. With a surgical procedure you have to use a relatively large IV needle, in case you need to give something else, and so sometimes have a needle a bit large for the vein it goes in. Where you might prefer to use a smaller one, it's not an option. And you don't want to hurt the person more and use a different site in the elbow- so you hope for the best. Your knot should gradually go down as it all heals over the next few weeks. You can try applying heat to hasten that along a bit, but it's not really that necessary and won't really make a big difference if you chose not to. Don't worry, and don't get upset. It's just one of those things that happens. You may just happen to have skinny little veins.
Sounds to me that it went through the vein. I would go back and see your doc and see what they say.
It's a complication with IV. Your vein has been damaged a bit, but let it heal after a few weeks. Don't do anything very active with that hand.
I agree with The mom, but I'd like to add that the anethesia the used during the procedure can also burn the vein and cause it to be sore and inflamed. The not will go down and you win't even be able to tell it in a couple of weeks.