Bad Swelling From Injection (Please Help)

[boisebeast]

Hey guys. I took a shot last night at 6pm in my inner leg, now it's noon the next day and the injection site has swollen to the circumference of a tennis ball (or maybe a little smaller). The bump itself is only slightly/moderately elevated though. It is slightly red and it does seem to have a warmness to it. This injection was from an igf shot (please don't move this thread to the peptides section, I won't get many responses at all if you do and I need advise) which was reconstituted with 0.6% acetic acid. It's the first time I've ever injected it. The IGF was from the site sponsor so I'm confident that it's good. How worried should I be that is infected and how long should I wait before going to the doctor? As I mentioned earlier, it's been 18 hours since I took the shot. Thanks guys

[marcus300]

Size of a tennis ball. You need to go to the doctor or hospital.

[boisebeast]

Size of a tennis ball. You need to go to the doctor or hospital.

I just drew around it with a marker to get a more exact look, it's more of the circumference/shape of an egg. The welt isn't raised very much. You don't think I should wait at all?

[max738]

assuming you used sterile procedures there may have been pyrogens in the stuff I would say that if it it's not better
by 24 hours go to the ER especially if you start spiking a fever,I think you need an antibiotic now it's probably only going to get worse


this is the reason I keep a strong oral antibiotic on hand

[Vorsch]

I've had a couple of bad shots in my glute. One was so bad I could barely sit down for about 5-6 days. Entire cheek was swollen, slightly red and warm but it was really more just the entire muscle was inflamed not so much exactly where the shot went in. Pretty sure I had a fever with it as I was breaking sweats horribly in my sleep for the first two nights but all in all it did get better by itself. Antibiotics would probably have been a better choice though.

Just keep an eye on it. If it doesn't appear to get worse over the next 24 hours you might get away with it. I highly doubt you will see any improvement for atleast 3-4 days though if it was like my one. If it progressively gets worse though then it's a no brainer - Get some pills from ya doc.

[Bio-Active]

I just drew around it with a marker to get a more exact look, it's more of the circumference/shape of an egg. The welt isn't raised very much. You don't think I should wait at all?

is it red and warm to the touch? I have had some bad quad shots that swell and they have always went away. If it's red, warm to the touch and you start running a fever I would be concerned. If it's getting better each day then it's just a bad pin

[boisebeast]

Thank you everyone for the responses. It seems to be slightly going down and no fever so I'll keep an eye on it for a couple of days

[Frenchy93]

Inner leg? that sounds risky.