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You do not know how to perform anticoagulant injections in the abdomen? What are the recommendations for their implementation? What is the abdominal anticoagulant injection technique? The question is answered by the drug. Paweł Żmuda-Trzebiatowski.
How to properly do an anticoagulant thrush in the abdomen?
Hello. I am 26 years old and after surgery to remove the ovary, I stayed in the hospital for 10 days, but on my discharge, the doctor wrote in the recommendation for anticoagulant injections. I don’t want to go to the clinic every morning, so I’d like to inject myself. Are there any special indications for an anticoagulant injection?
Probably the easiest way will be for me an anticoagulant injection in the abdomenunless there is another place where the injection is easy and painless. I’m worried about that self-administration of an anticoagulant injection in the stomach will be too traumatic for me, I am not afraid of pain, I also have no problems taking injections, but I have never done it myself, so I do not know if I can do it.
o I should have known about technique of performing anticoagulant injections into the abdomenis there any technique for doing this kind of injection? I wonder if after the full treatment I should do some control tests, for example blood count. I am asking for a reliable answer.
The doctor explains how to properly perform an anticoagulant injection into the abdomen
Madam, the anticoagulants that you have been prescribed are administered subcutaneously, preferably in a place with a little more subcutaneous tissue. Most often it is the abdominal area. The technique itself is very simple. First, you should disinfect the place where you will make the injection and then grab the skin with the fingers of one hand, forming a fold into which you should insert the needle.
This is important because by forming a fold, the risk of puncturing blood vessels or muscles is reduced. We stick the needle in at an angle of 90 degrees or, in the case of very slim people, at a smaller angle (between 90 and 45 degrees) and slowly administer the drug. Diffusion may be felt as the drug is administered, although, in general, nothing but a prick is felt.
After injection, remember to protect the needle well against throwing it out. So much for theory. The practice itself should not be difficult either, but if you are concerned that you may not be able to guide yourself, I suggest that you go to your clinic and ask the nurse to show you how to properly perform a subcutaneous injection. I will also mention that it is very important that the drug is administered subcutaneously and not intramuscularly, which is why it is so important to create the aforementioned fold.
The drug administered subcutaneously is absorbed longer than after intramuscular administration, so it takes longer for the effect to take effect, but also lasts longer in the body. After the treatment is completed, it is definitely worth performing check-ups, including morphology, CRP and d-dimers, and discuss the results with your family doctor.
– Lek. Paweł Żmuda-Trzebiatowski
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