Infection, go to er?

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Shot 2ml of test cyp on tuesday. Redness has been progressively spreading. Sore as hell. Nothing around injection site. It was a virgin muscle.

Redness is no covering delt, side of bi and tri, top of forearm, and top of hand. Delt and upper arm pretty swolen. I have another thread but was getting no replies.

Opinions, What should I tell the doc if I go? I live in canada so steroids are treated as Schedule IV drugs. Thanks guys.
 
Just got back from the er. Doc says theres no infection. So here's my guess, and I have limited knowledge so correct me if I'm wrong. I must have hit a vein, doc said the swelling is most likely blood filling my arm. Which sound about right, since my forearm, hand, and upper arm have pressure, like the kind you get in your head when hanging upside down.

I'm going to ice it this week, hopefully swelling goes down. I've been doing nothing but putting a heating pad on it, I'm not sure if that was counter productive. Regardless if my gear is sterile or not, I'm discontinuing use. I ordered from a new source, legit company, legit vial with rubber seal.

I'll keep this gear, if I ever get around to it I'm going to boil it, filter it and put it in a sterile vial. Not sure if 14 cc is worth it though, probably would lose quite a few cc in the process. Thanks for the replies guys.
 
faac, this is the stuff i don't like hearing. Doc says no infect..hmmm. Well he is a doctor so what do I know. What you tell him? Was this your first cycle?
I'd get rid of that shit anyway, ain't worth it. hope ya do better bud.
 
avangel said:
faac, this is the stuff i don't like hearing. Doc says no infect..hmmm. Well he is a doctor so what do I know. What you tell him? Was this your first cycle?
I'd get rid of that shit anyway, ain't worth it. hope ya do better bud.
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Thanks man, said I punctured my arm on a nail on the job (construction). I'm going to try icing it and see how it reacts tonight. If it gets worse, or I get a fever, I'm going straight back in.

This was my first cycle, first shot ever. Just my luck.
 
Probably just to much gear, and ur first time pinning, I have used prop, sus and test c. Most of the time I always get red and swollen. This cycle I was getting used to the sus and was getting easier, but I switched to test c and back to the old ways. Guess I gotta get used to this test too. Glutes are usually where I get less pain, quads can be rough, never done delts and def not gonna try unless I find some painless gear.
 
people confuse inflammation ( what you call redness) and infection. this resemble itself, but have anything in common.
 
ya it could be swollen-could be gear made cheaply-or not cooked long enough-yada yada-could be anything

if your doc even thought their was a chance it was infected he prolly would have put you on some antibiotics

if i somehow were to get infection-i would prolly treat myself with some keflex-or what is called fish flex

its a fish antibiotic you can get real cheap- cephalexin is prescirbed for chest infections and tissue infections.

1500 mg a day would prolly do it

keep in mind thats what i would do-and i do not advise anyone to treat themselves medically
 
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Kane_Red_Machine said:
people confuse inflammation ( what you call redness) and infection. this resemble itself, but have anything in common.
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Inflammation is a component of local infection. Its how the body cleans the wound.


However, Inflammation does not necessarily mean theres infection. Can be many other reasons such as tissue damage or irritation.
 
My arm looks like its filled with blood. Red, swollen. I have a picture if that would hep you guys give me advice. It looks like theres enough blood, or pus :S, too be drained... This is ridiculous.
 
Polynikes666 said:
Do you have a fever? Hell, either way, I'd go see another doctor.

Poly
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No. I went to the ER this morning. Doc said go home and ice it... Theres so much pressure built up in my arm.

Edit: Re read. See another doctor. If it's as bad or worse in the morning I'm going in again.
 
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So i've been googling arm edemas.

"Temporary Swelling

This temporary swelling may be caused by an infection, burn or sunburn, insect bites, an injury to the leg such as a sprain, surgery, or even medications such a hormone drugs, steroids, blood pressure drugs, or may be an allergic reaction in which is it referred to as angioedema. This may also be an part of the inflammatory response your body goes through it trying to protect and heal the leg or arm from the cause of the trauma."

I'll sleep on it tonight and see how it looks in the morning. It's been 5 days, some say 5-7 or more to go down. I'll see tomorrow, thanks for the advice guys.

I am curious if it's something I did wrong, my body reacting, or the gear I used. If it's my fault I feel like a moron, shouldn't be touching steroids.
 
shit happens man.

dont worry about it.

could be your body reacting to the virgin hit.

just be smart about it, if you get massive fever, headaches or it continues to worsen. Go to another doctor or ER. ASAP
 
Kristofer68ss said:
shit happens man.

dont worry about it.

could be your body reacting to the virgin hit.

just be smart about it, if you get massive fever, headaches or it continues to worsen. Go to another doctor or ER. ASAP
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Thanks alot man. I will.
 
Just an update. I'll be keeping track of this so if anyone else experiences this, they can refer to this thread.

Slept with arm elevated last night to help drain some of the blood. Pressure is almost gone this morning. Arm is still swollen, but looks abit better. Delt is still sore, but no where near what it was. I'm hoping if it continues like this, my arm will be fully recovered by this time next week.

Most ridiculous experience for my first shot. And yet it hasn't scared me away lol. I ordered some more gear from a legit source, unless it gets intercepted at customs I'll be using it. This time I'm going to start off with like .5 ml in glute to see how I react lol! Thanks for everything guys.
 
If your gear is dosed at 250mgs, and you want to run 500mgs a wk. Make sure you pin 1cc at a time to begin with twice a week. later down the road you'll be able to handle more. 1/2 cc if you want to but I would just go with 1cc
 
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