After a blood test is your arm meant to hurt??
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The phlebotomist may have been unskilled resulting in bruising. This is often the source of pain. Many clinics now use specialized phlebotomists instead of doctors. My experience with them is they are all horrid, clumsy, and make painful mistakes.
The reason hospitals and clinics use phlebotomists rather than doctors is to reduce the work load of doctors and to prevent doctors from being sued.
This is just one more example of the medical health care crisis in America. They outsource as much "busy work" as possible and insulate themselves from legal action by placing numerous corporate veils between the deep pockets of the corporation and the poorly treated patient.
If your pain does not diminish soon ( within 24 hours) go to the clinic or hospital where the work was done. Show them your problem and demand treatment. Get documentation on what procedures were done and who did them.
If your seemingly small problem becomes more serious, and it can, you will need to prove that you did everything in your power to prevent it. You will also need to have as much information as possible to sue if you have to.
It hurt for a while for me, but not serious pain. See how it feels tomorrow and go see a nurse.
I would give it 24 hours. I had a blood test a while back and they took about four samples from the same vein, and it hurt like heck for a day later.
There shouldn't be severe pain, but some soreness isn't unusual. Take an otc pain reliever and see if that helps any. If it's still bothering you as bad tomorrow then have it looked at.
Sorry you're in so much discomfort...having blood taken is unpleasant enough without after-effects :(
my arm normaly hurts but goes withen a few hours
you should not be in severe pain and after four hours you might have a momma of a bruise but that's it - does it feel bruised? It is unlikely to be serious but if say by tomorrow you are still having pain get it checked out. In the meantime take some painkillers.
Yes your arm will hurt for a time. It because you have had a hole punchered into a blood vain and through muscle. I have had a couple of blood tests and for the rest of the day my arm has been painful, but the best thing to do is use your arm as then the pain wears off.
yeah that's quite normal and nothing to worry about. i bruise easily, and i came up with a peach of a bruise (about the size of a 50p piece). it was still aching over the next 2 days before the pain subsided.
so long as you don't start bleeding again, you've got nothing to worry about.
I give blood as a donor every 4 - 5 months and I also have had blood samples taken for medicals etc and it is uncommon for it to hurt for a long time afterwards.
The norm would be about an hour. However you may have sensitive skin etc which could explain why you are still in pain. I would suggest seeing a nurse if there is no improvement as there may have been a problem with the method they used. Hope you feel better soon.
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