Postinjection complications: hematoma, infiltrate, abscess after a nyxis

The abscess after the injection, produced both intramuscularly and subcutaneously, is unfortunately not uncommon. It is not worth it to try to get rid of this post-injection complication yourself, it is necessary to consult a doctor.

Complications after injections occur in many people. The easiest of the possible - a hematoma, a small hemorrhage. It arises because of the needle entering the blood vessel, or in the case when the drug is administered too quickly. Not having time to spread in tissues, it squeezes nearby small vessels, because of what they can burst. Hematoma is not dangerous to the health of the patient and can only represent an inconvenience from an aesthetic point of view. Special treatment, it does not require, but you can try rubbing into the bruise ointment - Troquesvazin or heparin, so that it quickly resolved.

Often after injection, an infiltrate appears, which is a seal at the injection site. Usually it appears in cases when the rules of asepsis were violated during the manipulation or an inappropriate needle was used (for example, a short needle intended for subcutaneous injections was administered intramuscularly). In earlier times, when injections were made with reusable syringes, this complication arose much more often, since the needles eventually became blunted. With the advent of disposable syringes, their frequency has significantly decreased. In addition to the above reasons, infiltration can occur due to the wrong choice of the site for injection, or as a result of repeated injections with a long course of treatment.

To get rid of infiltration it is possible with the help of both medicamental and folk remedies. A good effect is given by compresses with magnesia, camphor oil, dimexide. Dimexide must be diluted with water (1: 3). Of folk remedies, you can use a cabbage leaf, cut in half and peeled aloe leaves, baked onions. These means, as well as compresses, are usually applied to the compaction at night. Many people are helped also by the iodine "mesh": it needs to be "drawn" on the buttock 3-4 times a day. With a successful and timely begun treatment, the infiltrate usually resolves in a few weeks, leaving no traces. However, if a painful compaction is formed at the injection site, accompanied by hyperemia (reddening), it is in no case to be engaged in self-medication! Such inflammation after a shot already requires consultation of the surgeon, since an abscess may occur in its place.

Abscess after the injection, whose treatment should be trusted only by specialists, is one of the most dangerous postinjection complications. The site of the injection becomes hot and when pressed, pain is felt, at times quite strong. As a rule, in this case there was a violation of sterility: the abscess after the injection appears due to penetration into the tissues of pyogenic microorganisms. The earlier a patient turns to a specialist, the better: in most cases, modern drugs can defeat such inflammation at the initial stage. Before consultation with a doctor, you should not use any procedures (cold, thermal) yourself, you can not massage a painful area or rub medicines into it - all these measures can lead to the spread of an abscess.

The abscess after the injection is dangerous, first of all, by its complications: the patient has a fever, in the most severe cases, sepsis may occur. The course of the disease depends, first of all, on the time for seeking medical help, as well as on the general condition of the body: with reduced immunity abscesses of any nature are more difficult. It is only the surgeon who can determine how to treat the abscess after the injection in this patient, based on the visual examination data and the general condition of the patient.

Before the beginning of purulent tissue melting during post-injection abscesses, conservative treatment is usually prescribed: physiotherapy (UHF), antibiotic treatment. In complicated cases, an operation is performed - dissection of the abscess under local anesthesia. Then a course of treatment with anti-inflammatory and anesthetic drugs, daily dressings is conducted. After cleansing the wound from pus, ointments and gels are used to promote tissue healing (Solcoseryl, Kuriosin, Bepanten). Under the condition of timely treatment to a specialist, the postinjection abscess can be cured quickly and without complications.