Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Why do you get black n blues when an I.V. gets taken out?

Is that a sign of bad placement of the I.V.?
Answer:
When you had the IV you had a catheter in your vein. When the catheter comes out the vein will have a hole in it and will bleed. This is what causes the black and blue mark. If you apply pressure when the catheter comes out the bleeding will be controlled because the hole in the vein will be blocked.

This is not a sign of bad placement of the IV unless you have it while the IV is in. If that happens it means blood is leaking and you need the IV removed and a new one placed.
the vein still bleeds a bit under the skin
No.
It's because your capillaries have been assaulted %26 they are a ticked off!! LOL!

Seriously...that can happen to anyone, at anytime. Even if the placement is perfect, bleeding can occur.
No all people get bruised when an IV is removed. If you do it just means that there was a little bleeding under the skin when they removed it. Not a bad IV placement just a bit of bleeding under the skin.
all the blood rushes to that area because the IV was in a vein. So the vein now has a hole which makes the blood run to that area.
That means whoever did ur I.V. for you went right thru your vein. In other words they blew your vein in trying to hit it.
No, Bruising occurs when there is blood under your skin. The Black and Blue will be more visible if you are dehydrated.
Its perfectly normal, especially if you're older or have had an IV in for a long period of time.
Your vein is still bleeding after the I.V. was removed.

Yes, it can mean bad placement of the I.V.. It can also be related to the individual as some people have small sensitive veins and setting the I.V. is harder. And some people just bleed more easily too and are prone to this sort of thing.
Just simple bruising - it can happen to anyone for a myriad of reasons.
Usually black and blue is a sign that the IV blew the vein, meaning the vein popped. The bruising is from the blood there. Does not neccesarily mean bad placement, but that the vein just gave out.

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