I was put on an astamyne drip along with a bottle of glucose the last week. The pain was so bad having a needle in my vein plus my hand got swollen too. It's been like almost 7 days now and my vein area still hurts on moving. Don't know why is it still hurting I tried rubbing the area for a while but the pain did not go and hurts even more. Can anybody tell me what's the reason behind that? The pain is not so severe but yeah it hurts bad.

Dr. Prabhakar Laxman JatharEndocrinologist46yrs exp

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Hello, Thanks for the query. Sometimes when I V fluids and other medicines are given, certain problems can occur. Mainly when there is extravasation of fluid (fluid coming out of a vein), there can be local swelling and pain. Occasionally if strong drugs are used in IV fluid, there may be irritation to the vein itself. That can cause inflammation of the vein called as thrombophlebitis. For superficial thrombophlebitis please apply hot fomentation, take some NSAIDs to reduce pain and swelling. Thanks.  

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