Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Have any of you wonderful ladies experienced big fat juicy bruises on tummy after injecting blood thinners? I’m on Tinzaparin, it does say on the packet leaflet can cause bruising, this is a whopper!!!
Excuse the belly 🤭🤗xx
Samjane, I was on coumadin injections for one year. I had some minor bruises but never anything large. I would let whoever prescribed your medication know. That said I realize that taking blood thinner means you will tend to bruise more easily but maybe your dosage needs to be adjusted. I know they monitored me pretty closely and did make some changes in regard to how much I was injecting. Thinking back I believe it was based on my weight. As that was fluctuating dosage needed to be adjusted. They also kept an eye on my creatinine.
Roni
Oo, that does not look pretty ( the bruise I mean), who cares about the belly look, we all sport similar and know bikinis are forever a no no garment!
Is that from several injections, it does look very strange and I think you should ask a district nurse to have a look if you are not returning to hospital soon.
Do you do them yourself? I am fortunate that my husband does them on alternate sides when I pinch an inch as tightly as I can... and he goes in at the side of the hill as it were.
maybe you need someone just to check how You are doing it..is it painful?
Maybe also possibility to change to different prescription that doesn't bruise. I am on fragmin, dalteparin solution now at 7,500 iu level as I've lost a lot of weight. Either hubby is an expert or I am just lucky but I've never had even a tiny bruise
Strangely enough after nearly 3 months worth we both forgot yesterday's one until in bed so let that one go... ready or not to go now after a cuppa.
Seriously though get someone to check it out...
Janet x🌈
Woah.. that's a massive bruise, Samjane, and definitely trumps the size of my own bruises which I featured after Clexane injections following surgery. Like Janet, I kept alternating the spots, so the individual bruises never exceed something like 5x5 cm.
Are you always using the same injection site/spot? If not, and this is the result of a single injection, I would definitely have my gp look at it. All the best. Maus
Hi Samjane,
You must be seen...bruises like that, believe it or not, can lead to anaemia, so you may need a full blood count doing.
Sorry don’t want to frighten you, just want the best for you!
Linda x
Hi, thank you for reply...I’m going to ring nurse or local gp first thing in morning
Sam xx
Yes I'm constantly black and blue from my fragmin injections.
Yes I ended up with lot of bruises on Clexane but not as big as that - did get an abscess that had to be drained in hospital and took forever to heal - you can get blunt needles sometimes which can make bruising worse - I’d be inclined to show someone as maybe dose needs adjusting x
Hiya, I'm on Clexane bloodthinners and I have bruising on my tummy! I'm ok injecting, except when I have lumps under the bruising! No danger re bruising...just a nuisance and a sharp prick!xxxDawn!😉🌻👶
I had my Clexane in my arms because of my surgery.
Check if that is an alternative for you.
Take care🌻
Wow that looks pretty big. I've just finished a month's course of Clexane after surgery - had to inject into my thighs and they ended up very very bruised, painful and massive big lumps & bruises. Think I was injecting into muscle and not subcutaneous fat. The doctor also thought it was my injection technique that wasn't right. But as others have suggested probably best to get it checked. Hope it heals quickly. Ruth
You probably hit a blood vessel, but that needs checking - I've been giving myself Clexane shots since 2003 and I've never had a bruise as big as that, even when on the higher dose because of an active clot. But technique is important - I don't know what your syringe/needle looks like, there are two types, but the needles on both should be very short, under half an inch. When they changed the standard syringe for a larger one with a spring inside about 8 years ago, I had to alter my technique slightly, but here's a tip or two for anyone who needs to do these.
I always do it in front of a large mirror in a well lit room (bathroom in my case), and this is particularly important if you're not carrying much weight or fat in the area. First I examine my tummy closely, looking for signs of previous injection sites, any bruising, veins or visible capillaries. Then I pick a spot that's apparently clear of all those things, giving it a prod or two with my finger first to make sure it doesn't hurt and there's no lump, then swab a wide area with the pre injection swab. If you have the large syringes with a spring inside, pinch up the skin, insert the needle straight, and only halfway up the needle max, so its in the skin, but not all the way in, and push the plunger down, remove at the same angle as it went in. If you've got the narrow, longer syringe without a spring, best inserted at an angle rather than upright, again pinching up, sliding the needle in at an angle until its halfway in, and push the plunger down, again drawing it back out again at the same angle. Afterwards, don't touch it, press on it, or put your clothes back over it for at least 20 minutes, preferably longer. And because of the need to leave it uncovered for so long, I always do it at night, usually in my night clothes if possible. otherwise you have to put your clothes over the top too soon.
The other thing I do is something you shouldn't,but its never caused me a problem - if i insert the needle and I'm yelping in pain, I take it out again and reinsert (within seconds) somewhere else in the area I've already swabbed, because what I learned fairly early on was, if you go ahead and push the plunger when it hurts already, not only will it be very painful, but you will usually develop both a lump and a nasty bruise.
Even with this technique, I occasionally have a minor bruise, especially if you hit a blood vessel you couldn't see on the surface, and about 6 times I've had a large lump and bruise, but that's not bad given I've been doing them for over 15 years. Since my surgery left me with a massive hernia, its very difficult to always do them in the tummy, so I often use the top of my thigh instead, using the same procedure to do the injection.
I realise what I do is not what we're told to do, but since I'm the one suffering the shots, I'll stick to my own technique because it works, whatever they say - I've had 3 different doctors down the years astonished because my tummy only shows very minor bruising and often only a round, red mark where the shots went in... and I never, ever let a nurse do it for me, unless I'm incapable for some reason (like after surgery), because in my experience, they literally just shove it in all the way and push the plunger down. And then it *%#*ing hurts a lot... but if you're not doing it your thigh, then a mirror is crucial...
Ah think you’ve hit nail on head with something, I did the injection as you do and nurse showed me. But afterwards I fastened my jeans back up with belt on. Had jeans on Saturday as well and noticed line bruises where they had been. Will do as advised in future.
Many thanks
It looks just like mine did when I injected clexane daily for 8 months, that’s one spectacular bruise lovely, my injections were linked to my weight and adjusted accordingly.
Your belly could easily be mine, they’re never quite the same again are they?
I’m sure your doseage is being monitored but worth checking with your doctors. Take care lovely ❤️Xx Jane
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