Lumps in my biceps?

[Doom]

you probably over loaded the same site, and got a massive build up...has it dissapated any?

[gilly6993]

here's my story......

We always talk about why you should always aspirate.....so you don't inject into a blood vessel.....while many do still some don't....well, here's another reason.....

I went to inject into my left delt yesterday.....now granted I use my delts a lot, probably more than I should....I always use a 1" pin.....so I go to inject and aspirate and holy shit I aspirate pus into the syringe.....now I had no signs of anything in the shoulder except for some slight discomfort I attributed to a training injury....no sweeling, no redness, and no discomfort when pressing on the area.....the discomfort I thought was a training injury started last week....so I used a bunch of pins and drew out a few cc's of pus.....when I got home later in the day I did it again useing both a 1" and 1.5" pin until I aspirated bright red blood.....


So what was it?.....a sterile abscess....basically it's an infection that is completely encapsulated in epithelium.....there are no local or systemic (fever, sickness) signs of an infection.....this is not to say it would not have come to that but it could sit there for quite some time without detection......the only way I found it is by aspirating.....

If you get one what should you do?.....GO TO A DOCTOR.....do not try and treat it yourself like I did.....I am a doc and am friends with many docs so I know what I'm doing.....I drained it via aspiration and put myself on a Z-pak (zithromax) for 10 days.....if any complications arise I'll get an MRI to determine what tissue damage, if any, is present.....



this was about 2 months ago and all is fine.....

[TooPowerful4u]

It hasnt dissipated. Its not really a round knot, more of a long knot along half the length of the muscle. Weird cause it doesnt bother me at all now, unless i press on it. No redness either.

[gilly6993]

Originally posted by Crj900
If he went to the doc would he get in any trouble for using?

no

[TooPowerful4u]

Well...

I just went into each bicep where the lumps are with a 25g needle. I drew at all different lengths, nothing came out except blood on my right bicep. Real thick red blood. Any other ideas?

[smallbutgrowin]

.just go buy Ichthammol ointment 20%.apply to abcess 3 times a day.use a heating pad a couple of hours a day.It will drain by itself.It may leave a scar where it drains out.if its from not penetrating the muscle its no more than a boil. i really dont belive in site injection except synthol.