Blood

[J. Cole]

Hey guys,

I know this is probably completely normal and happens quite frequently, but I just wanted to know what causes it. It has only happened to me twice out of 5 weeks so far. I had some blood come out after removing the needle, does this mean I just passed through a capillary or something? It stops within seconds of applying pressure, but just curious.

Thanks
-J

[Devil_Doc]

yea dude, its normal... think about it as a cut, its going through your skin, and youre trying to get it in the muscle, its gonna happen. especially the more tense you are. as long as you aspirate (pull the plunger back slightly) and you dont see any blood then continue with the injection

[Far from massive]

Whether a particular needle stick bleeds or not is dependent on several things, your individual blood chemistry, the state of your circulatory system, how vascular you are etc. Aside from those person to person differences whether a particular shot bleeds is dependent on how close punctured capilaries or a vein is to the surface of the puncture, that is if they are near the surface and little tissue pressure exists they may bleed but if the tissue pressure is sufficient to cap the flow then you will see no blood...So no worries its completely normal.

[J. Cole]

yea dude, its normal... think about it as a cut, its going through your skin, and youre trying to get it in the muscle, its gonna happen. especially the more tense you are. as long as you aspirate (pull the plunger back slightly) and you dont see any blood then continue with the injection

have not aspirated yet... kind of confused by the whole thing and havent felt the need to when shooting glutes?

[Devil_Doc]

yeah, the aspiration will tell you that you arent hitting a blood vessel directly, you dont have to, but itll give u piece of mind.... the main thing is to make sure that you have the right quadrant (top right) to make sure that you dont hit your sciatic nerve

[J. Cole]

yeah ive been hitting the top outside quadrant switching each week from the left and right glute and its been pretty good

[Devil_Doc]

you're only pinning once a week?

[D7M]

Aspirating is quick and easy. I still aspirate on every shot to this day. Don't see why you wouldn't.

As for the blood, you could've knicked something, but you're also sticking something sharp into your body, so a little bit of blood is kinda normal. lol

[Bonaparte]

If the blood is dark, it is an arteriole or capilary bleed (cap bleed is not likely noticed from a needle). A cap bleed will just slowly ooze, like a paper cut. An arterial (if injecting it will be an arteriole) will pulse blood out.
If it is brighter red, it is deoxygenated veinous blood.
But yeah, if you're bleeding, it is because you pierced a blood vessel. No big deal.

[J. Cole]

you're only pinning once a week?

yeah only 375mg a week, so I didnt see the need to split it up

[J. Cole]

If the blood is dark, it is an arteriole or capilary bleed (cap bleed is not likely noticed from a needle). A cap bleed will just slowly ooze, like a paper cut. An arterial (if injecting it will be an arteriole) will pulse blood out.
If it is brighter red, it is deoxygenated veinous blood.
But yeah, if you're bleeding, it is because you pierced a blood vessel. No big deal.

very in depth haha but thank you and yeah its just a tiny bit that comes out and it has only happened twice, so im not worried about it. it stops within seconds

[Bonaparte]

very in depth haha but thank you and yeah its just a tiny bit that comes out and it has only happened twice, so im not worried about it. it stops within seconds

I've hit a quad gusher that took a few alcohol pads to control. Probably an arteriole...lol