whats an abcess???

**Paulywalnuts446** · 02-22-2006, 03:48 PM

like how can you tell an infected area compared to an abcess?

**palumbo** · 02-22-2006, 03:52 PM

abcess is a infection no?

**Paulywalnuts446** · 02-22-2006, 03:53 PM

i thought they were 2 diff things?

**Auto54** · 02-22-2006, 03:55 PM

Abuse reported

**goalseeker** · 02-22-2006, 03:57 PM

do you think you have one bro? if so, where?

**Paulywalnuts446** · 02-22-2006, 03:58 PM

noo i have an infection, i took my last shot 2 days ago and the area is all red and hot and swolen. i started IBprofin and hopfully it will go away. it suxs b/c i am always carful with clean pins and prep.

**Paulywalnuts446** · 02-22-2006, 03:58 PM

its on my right glute.

**goalseeker** · 02-22-2006, 04:01 PM

you sure its infected? I had that on my left delt a week ago, and it wasnt infected.. With soaking in a hot tub, and a little bit of rubbing it went down, then away three days later...

**Dark Dragon** · 02-22-2006, 04:08 PM

if its not sore to the touch it might not be infected I had that happen twice to me...took about a week for it to go down. don't inject that spot again for awhile if this is the case.

**novicenovicen** · 02-22-2006, 04:11 PM

If it were an infection, you would create an abcess. The infection starts, and creates a bag of pus in the middle of your muscle (where you injected).

Also you can get an abcess without an infection, it's called a sterile abcess. It happens when your body rejects something you put in it, but theres no bacteria. so the white blood cells just start attacking the substance, and it becomes an abcess.

**Paulywalnuts446** · 02-22-2006, 04:19 PM

well heres the deal it doesnt hurt, its just swolen and red, maby i injected to fast?? i injected 3 ccs, consisted of 1 cc of each.. test e, fina and eq. also i felt a little sick yesterday like runny nose and shit but today i feel fine. by the way the area is about the size of my fist around the injection spot and more red around where i injected about the size of a dime.

**goalseeker** · 02-22-2006, 04:23 PM

usually no pain indicates no infection... usually...

**novicenovicen** · 02-22-2006, 04:32 PM

Thats a large shot, so I would say Swelling,swelling,swelling. the spot is probably some oil under the skin, it happens usually during removal of the pin with a large shot. It should be circular. It will go away. BTW You are the man for not splitting that.

**novicenovicen** · 02-22-2006, 04:33 PM

sickness???/ I would say it could be you just injected a massive amount of hormones into your body. I get the test flu off the bat when I hit 500-750 of sus at one time. Frontloading makes me ill.

**stupidhippo** · 02-22-2006, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by novicenovicen

If it were an infection, you would create an abcess. The infection starts, and creates a bag of pus in the middle of your muscle (where you injected).

Also you can get an abcess without an infection, it's called a sterile abcess. It happens when your body rejects something you put in it, but theres no bacteria. so the white blood cells just start attacking the substance, and it becomes an abcess.

this is right I believe.. for it to be called an abcess the pus has to be limited to some form as opposed of the pus being a diffusely spread.. and all infections dont lead to an abscess.. its a form of inflammation... Im not 100 % sure on the terms since english aint my first language but who cares actually...