Blood in syringe

**steelydave11** · 03-12-2010, 12:01 AM

When I inject, I go straight through with the injection. Im now hearing that youre supposed to check for blood in the syringe by pulling back on it a little once its in. How exactly should injections be done? Im wondering if I might have put myself in harms way

**G4R** · 03-12-2010, 12:04 AM

OMG..... its called aspirating, and it is an absolute must!

Run me through your process of injection....

**steelydave11** · 03-12-2010, 12:12 AM

I do it in the glutes. Occasionally in the quads. How should I be doing it? Whats aspirating?

**cobra305** · 03-12-2010, 12:37 AM

You insert the needle into your body and pull back on the plunger to make sure there is no flashback of blood. If there is blood when this happens you are in a vein and you should pull out the needle and inject somewhere else. You should always aspirate when injecting, aas are an intrmuscular drug and are not intended to be given intravenously.

**steelydave11** · 03-12-2010, 01:07 AM

But how would you know if the next location has the same problem if there is already blood in the syringe?

**G4R** · 03-12-2010, 01:12 AM

when you start to aspirate , if you are in a vein you will notice blood start to come up the pin itself. What will happen is a vacuum affect will start in the syringe. When you see the blood starting to come up the pin, quit pulling the plunger back and let it go back to its normal spot, and most of the blood should go back into your injection site.

What you want to see come up in the syringe is air bubbles.

**G4R** · 03-12-2010, 01:15 AM

I think most people here know where this comes from....

"Be careful not to touch the needle to ANYTHING. Think about it, you are injecting deep in to your body. Any foreign particles will be transferred deep in your tissue and you risk a nasty infection.

Get all bubbles out of the needle - flick it until they rise to the top and then push them through the needle - make sure you get them completely out of the needle as well - don't worry about the liquid dripping down the needle and don't even wipe it as it makes for great lubrication.

In the injection spot - for glute you will look down on the 'cheek' and imagine splitting it into 4 quadrants, you would inject into the upper most outer quadrant. For the leg, if you were sitting down you will inject into the outer part of the leg (but more on top, not on the side) where you have the most 'meat'

Clean the site with alcohol and you are ready to inject

Quickly pierce the skin and steadily push the needle into the muscle. Push in smoothly until you have but a couple millimeters left of the needle (you never inject all the way in as you want to make sure some is still visible in case the needle should break off and you need to retrieve it)

Aspirate the syringe - pull back slightly on the plunger - you will see one of two things. (A). You will see a couple small air bubbles that when you stop applying pressure upward on the plunger will readily go back into the muscle or (B). Droplets of blood. (A) being the obviously favorable one. If there is blood you must pull out, switch needles and start over.

If all is well you may begin injecting. Push in slowly - you will come to find that you can 'listen' to your body and it will let you know how much it is willing to receive at once - when I inject myself I apply consistent pressure to the plunger but I go in only as fast or slow as my muscle wants to at that time. Going too fast will potentially result in an abscess. When you have completed this, wait a few seconds and then pull out and take your alcohol swab and firmly press down and massage the site to make sure everything stays in the muscle and the massage will also prevent soreness in the morning. You may bleed just a little bit, so it helps to tape the alcohol soaked cotton ball to your injection site.

Miscellaneous Tips:

If you are self-injecting, it helps to stretch out first. If you are poking yourself on the right cheek, use your right hand to poke, and support (under) the needle with your left hand. It is not the easiest thing to do, but it can be done.

When beginning, limit injections to 3 CC's at a time for glutes, 2 CC's for thighs and 1 - 1.5 CC's for all other spot injections

Rotate injection spots. This will keep your receptors fresh. So right glute, right delt, right leg, left leg, left delt left glute - this will give you ample time off in between. Make sure you dont hit an injection spot more than once per wk - you are using 6 sites so you should be fine

Rotating injection sites will also keep you from building scar tissue

Injections are great after a shower so the muscle is relaxed and it also helps to roll the syringe in your hand or run under hot water to heat the liquid to make it easier on you.

ALWAYS wash hands before injecting

Be safe!"

**steelydave11** · 03-12-2010, 01:22 AM

so injecting air into your system is safe? I always heard that was a death sentence

**G4R** · 03-12-2010, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by steelydave11

so injecting air into your system is safe? I always heard that was a death sentence

You are not really injection 'air' so to say into yourself. When you aspirate , if you are in the muscle, air bubbles will come up into the syringe coming from the muscle itself. You dont want to inject air into your veins. But, if you aspirate and get air bubbles, then you are not in a vein, so you are safe.

**steelydave11** · 03-12-2010, 01:49 AM

lets say you dont aspirate and the fluid goes directly into your vein. What is the danger of that?

**G4R** · 03-12-2010, 01:56 AM

Too much can be deadly. Its hard to say how much it would take to do serious damage, but you dont want to find out the hard way.

**Epic Ed** · 03-12-2010, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by going4ripped

I think most people here know where this comes from....

"Be careful not to touch the needle to ANYTHING. Think about it, you are injecting deep in to your body. Any foreign particles will be transferred deep in your tissue and you risk a nasty infection.

Get all bubbles out of the needle - flick it until they rise to the top and then push them through the needle - make sure you get them completely out of the needle as well - don't worry about the liquid dripping down the needle and don't even wipe it as it makes for great lubrication.

In the injection spot - for glute you will look down on the 'cheek' and imagine splitting it into 4 quadrants, you would inject into the upper most outer quadrant. For the leg, if you were sitting down you will inject into the outer part of the leg (but more on top, not on the side) where you have the most 'meat'

Clean the site with alcohol and you are ready to inject

Quickly pierce the skin and steadily push the needle into the muscle. Push in smoothly until you have but a couple millimeters left of the needle (you never inject all the way in as you want to make sure some is still visible in case the needle should break off and you need to retrieve it)

Aspirate the syringe - pull back slightly on the plunger - you will see one of two things. (A). You will see a couple small air bubbles that when you stop applying pressure upward on the plunger will readily go back into the muscle or (B). Droplets of blood. (A) being the obviously favorable one. If there is blood you must pull out, switch needles and start over.

If all is well you may begin injecting. Push in slowly - you will come to find that you can 'listen' to your body and it will let you know how much it is willing to receive at once - when I inject myself I apply consistent pressure to the plunger but I go in only as fast or slow as my muscle wants to at that time. Going too fast will potentially result in an abscess. When you have completed this, wait a few seconds and then pull out and take your alcohol swab and firmly press down and massage the site to make sure everything stays in the muscle and the massage will also prevent soreness in the morning. You may bleed just a little bit, so it helps to tape the alcohol soaked cotton ball to your injection site.

Miscellaneous Tips:

If you are self-injecting, it helps to stretch out first. If you are poking yourself on the right cheek, use your right hand to poke, and support (under) the needle with your left hand. It is not the easiest thing to do, but it can be done.

When beginning, limit injections to 3 CC's at a time for glutes, 2 CC's for thighs and 1 - 1.5 CC's for all other spot injections

Rotate injection spots. This will keep your receptors fresh. So right glute, right delt, right leg, left leg, left delt left glute - this will give you ample time off in between. Make sure you dont hit an injection spot more than once per wk - you are using 6 sites so you should be fine

Rotating injection sites will also keep you from building scar tissue

Injections are great after a shower so the muscle is relaxed and it also helps to roll the syringe in your hand or run under hot water to heat the liquid to make it easier on you.

ALWAYS wash hands before injecting

Be safe!"

This is more concise and complete information than I received from my doc. Thank you for providing it.

**KimboHalfSlice** · 03-12-2010, 02:07 AM

If you inject into a blood vessel, you will most likely not die.

However, you will have one of the most horrifying experiences of your life. Look what this guy went through just recently:

Serious injection scare !!!

**hunterwells** · 03-12-2010, 12:38 PM

the air bubbles u get from aspirating are not from air in ur muscle, it is just negative space, a vacuum.

**synman** · 03-12-2010, 11:08 PM

I usually only inject into my glutes and switch back and fourth. I inject every 4 days, so it would be 8 days inbetween injecting the same spot. I notice that I usually always bleed when I poke myself. And when I pull the needle out it has sum blood in the tip along with a little dripping out of the site. the blood usually looks oilly. Is there a way from stopping it from leaking back out?

**Bonaparte** · 03-13-2010, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by synman

I usually only inject into my glutes and switch back and fourth. I inject every 4 days, so it would be 8 days inbetween injecting the same spot. I notice that I usually always bleed when I poke myself. And when I pull the needle out it has sum blood in the tip along with a little dripping out of the site. the blood usually looks oilly. Is there a way from stopping it from leaking back out?

Use a 25g and leave it in for 10 seconds after injecting. Then draw it out carefully. You could also use the Z-Track method.