Thread: aspirated and got tons of blood!

Yea, that has happened to me twice in 10 years. It has been pretty rare for me, but it does happen. You just landed right on a vein. I just pulled out and re-injected and I was fine.

This is why I aspirate. 2 seconds to save you some troubles. That wouldn't have been too much fun had you just gone for it.

It's happens...either pull out and re pin or push through the vein and try for bubbles again

yeah i once got blood, took it out, squirted blood in sink and repinned that good test!!

Originally Posted by bigdtrain

yeah i once got blood, took it out, squirted blood in sink and repinned that good test!!

^^^

That's it, just move over and go in beside the vein instead of inside the vein...and you'll be fine.

Aspirating blood won't give you any symptoms OP, just shooting the oil directly into the vein (the reason we aspirate) is what's risky.

I understand what happened, i was just under the assumption that it's extremely rare though.

Yeah I've aspirated a tiny bit of blood before but nothing like what you're describing. You just got unlucky I guess but you'll be ok

U didn't pin any gear, so what would u have symptoms of?
Good thing u aspirated

Thats why I don't understand people that just jab it and push it right in? Thats happened a few times to me bro I just pull it out squirt the blood out and re pin. I always aspirate, I don't think it would be good to put oil in your vein

Which site were you using for the injection when this occured OP?

what happens if u shoot gear into a vein

It was a left quad injection.

I hear about a lot of people not aspirating, and I have to admit, a few times while injecting my glutes, i didn't aspirate. Mostly because it's so hard to reach already. I won't make that mistake again.

It must've been a big vein that I hit and it must of landed just perfectly. when I pulled, it was really easy to pull and I got almost a half cc of blood in the pin. Similar to a phlebotomist drawing blood from your arm.

Maybe you found the femoral artery?

I don't think anything would happen if you injected into the vein/artery unless there was air or contaminants in it.

Originally Posted by colochine

Maybe you found the femoral artery?

I don't think anything would happen if you injected into the vein/artery unless there was air or contaminants in it.

definitely not the femoral artery. the fem artery is much more medial, I pin high and to the outside of the quad.
I've heard stories of people getting sweats, nausea and syncope from not aspirating and hitting a vein.

Gotcha didn't know the area you were hitting, I know that the femoral has several large branches that split of and run every which way through the thigh though.

I have a buddy that injected sus into a vein once all of his "symptoms" seemed very self manifested.

I mean it does sound like it could be bad to inject into a vein but isn't that why we pin muscle compares to sub-q? Faster absorption into the blood
Stream?

Originally Posted by booze

what happens if u shoot gear into a vein

From everything I've read it won't be as bad as it sounds. The amount of oil needed to do anything major is more than you'll ever be injecting. Here's a study done on dogs where they injected up to 2.5ml per kg bodyweight before seeing any ill effects. "The average acute lethal dose was 5.10 ml/kg" so for a 100kg man that would be over 500ml. Obviously it could be different in humans but I'd imagine it would still be very high

Acute pulmonary oil embolism and lethal dose study of an oily contrast medium following portal vein administration into dogs - Lee - 2006 - Journal of Surgical Oncology - Wiley Online Library


It could very well be uncomfortable as it passed through the lungs etc. but I don't see it killing you

What size needle did you use? Did the area bleed or squirt blood when you removed the needle?