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What Are The Reasons For Pain In Hand, Swelling And Difficulty In Holding Objects After Drawing Blood?
My mom had a blood draw on her hand and then she started complaining her hand hurt. I thought in time it will go away now its been a couple of month she can't expand her fingers or make a grip. She has no strength in her hand and she is now has swelling in the hand only. What do you think?
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Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Hi,
It might be a possible infection after blood drawing. It is a rare complication when proper antiseptic measures are not applied or due to possible thrombosis to the local veins in the arm.
I suggest to get her to ER as soon as possible and to get checked by an angiologist and to run:
- echo doppler of the arm
- Ct-scan (or angiography) of the arm and related blood vessels.
At last, send her to ER as soon as possible for further evaluation!
Dr.Alba
It might be a possible infection after blood drawing. It is a rare complication when proper antiseptic measures are not applied or due to possible thrombosis to the local veins in the arm.
I suggest to get her to ER as soon as possible and to get checked by an angiologist and to run:
- echo doppler of the arm
- Ct-scan (or angiography) of the arm and related blood vessels.
At last, send her to ER as soon as possible for further evaluation!
Dr.Alba
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