Pain at my IV site

[kulita 243]

I was sleeved about a month ago and I still have some pain that is probably at a level 6 if I touch it. My IV was in my hand and it started to get puffy and a day after it was swelling a nurse said it was infiltrated and I had to have it changed. At first there was some minor pain at the site and a few days after surgery I chalked it up to my body healing after all of the trauma. I spoke to my Dr. about it and he said it could be a very small clot but not to worry as it won't really harm me and to apply a warm compress.

2 weeks later, I am still in pain (only when it is touched or moved) and the area above my wrist is swollen. Not grotesquely swollen, but it is noticeable. I was reading about IV infiltration and one poster on another board said she had developed scar tissue and it would take 6-12 months before the pain would go away.

Has ANYONE had something like this occur? I am just wondering when my wrist and hand will go back to normal.

[cinward2001 141]

YES! I was just showing my husband how the vein along my wrist feels hard...and it's sore to the touch. It also infiltrated. And honestly, pushing meds and antibiotics through an IV WILL cause some irritation to the vein, even when it doesn't infiltrate.

It will heal. It just takes time!