I May Have a Possible Abcess - Please Help

[IanMazia]

On Sunday, I did a delt injection into the muscle. As I stated before, a little drop of blood came out, then it went away instantaneously. Anyway, yesterday when I woke up, I had a large red "welt" 3 inches below the injection site...on my upper arm and the actual injection site was fine with no problems. It is not painful, just warm to the touch and feels like a zit under the skin! Should I be worried ? What should I do ? This has never happened to me before ! :confused:

[alwaysgrowing]

wait a few days. you might have brusied something. if you shook, or move the pin much, it will aggravate and inflame the muscle tissue. if its not gone in a few days, hit up the doc

[IanMazia]

I'll defintely keep that in mind. Thanks

[hitmansb]

If you break with a fever, be concerned...it's often an indicator of infection.

[goliath]

if your temp goes up and stays up, get to a doctor. it will usually pass within a few days.

[Bouncer]

Give it a few days then go see the doc.

[IanMazia]

I think what may have happened is the actual drug injected may have flowed down the delt and settled underneath the delt muscle and where it is now being absorbed. There is a slight lump but it might just be the gear...I'll watch it for a couple of days

[mappgh]

you can also try lightly massaging to help it to be absorbed....that is if its settled and formed a lump.

[BACK DOC]

Bump to the heat, temp, swelling advise. I had too much Benzyl Achohol in a mix of test prop and got a sterile abscess in my lateral quad, waited 10 days to do anything, kept training, woke up in the middle of the night, cold sweat, took a seringe and had to drain 35cc's of thick blood, it completly sucked. dont wait too long to get checked

[Doom]

just like the others said, keep heat on it, and keep massaging it, it will eventually break up

in the event that you didnt inject deep enough and its sitting inbetween the muscle and fatty tissue it will have to be drained

Its gonna hurt like a bitch, but use an 18g needle, try and absorb as much as you can out from the area, then use benzoyl alcohol to flush the area...then drain again, your gonna be draining a very thick and grey soupy mess...its -pretty simple, and better than going to the doc

[IanMazia]

So far I've been iceing it...and that has helped the swelling and redness drastically.......only time will tell

[Doom]

is it getting warm to the touch?

and you shouldnt be icing it, keep heat on there
Heat=blood flow=healing

[IanMazia]

What I did and plan to do was this...ice it and massage it...this led to the lump going down and the redness and heat to go away. Then after that I will put heat on it to help the blood flow......does that sound about right?

[Doom]

Thats sounds ok

[BACK DOC]

It is thought best to put heat on an area you think may be infected. you might think about alternating heat and ice, 20 minutes each.