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Termyn8or -> RE: Why do injections make the arm hurt so damned bad? (2/6/2011 12:29:12 AM)
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If you're talking about an intramuscular injection, or into the flesh, it hurts more because you are a big baby. I don't mean that how it sounds though. If it's just phlebotomy, it goes to a vein, it's right there. But an injection if it is meant for the flesh or muscles, you react to the pain. Once the needle gets in, the muscle contracts causing tearing of the tissue, even if the needle doesn't move.
If you can REALLY get relaxed before and during an injection, the pain will be gone in a matter of minutes, unless you have some certain medical condition(s). Diabetes might have an effect, as can abnormal BP, certain blood serums(sp) or chemicals, whatever. But what hurts is really tissue damage, and you cause that without even knowing it when injected.
Now we are talking about normal shit here, no immunohemglobulin, experimental voodoo shit. Just things like B12, cortisone, like that. But the fact is it would happen with pure water for some peole because of the reaction of their muscles subcutaneously, involuntarily.
Either you can control this or not. There is no way to teach it. There is no way to learn it really either.
ETA : Like if you need to give a kid a shot. Just do it, as quick as you can. Distract them a bit, jabem, push the plunger fast and yank it out. Boom, done. They don't have time to react. The pain receptors are aminly at skin level, get past that and you are home free. Muscles only hurt when they get damaged. You percieve that, but unless you flexed, it didn't happen. In and out, ASAP. That's the way.
T^T
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