How to tell if you have an Absess and what to do?

[buffut1]

What Miamibob says is correct. You can soak, but warm compresses work well too. Some ibuprofen may help with the pain. Also keep a check on your temp. Anything above 101 should be concerning.

 

[mackster]

If skin is hot to touch and very sore. I would go to your doc I now people that this has happened to. Not a big deal if taken care of soon, draining needs to be done and antibotics perscribed. Any doc can do this, go to family doc and be honest!

 

[Philly D]

Ok, so it is the 6th day after the injection and things are looking a bit better. I still have a lump in the area going from one side of my cheek to the other, about the size of my hand. Not red anymore but still there and a slight pain, nothing as bad as before. I have been using a heating pad and massaging it ever night for about 30min-45min. My questions is will the lump eventually go away or do I have to "get it drained?" If was/is an abcess I hear that some antibiotics will do the trick. Does anyone know what antibiotics work to remedy this. The problem I have is I am at a new job for a few months now and my health insurance just lapsed from my old one. Go figure, perfect timing. So I don't think a doctor would see me without insurance, and the ER is $$$ without insurance as well. I can probably get some antibiotics if I knew what kind I was looking for. Anyone have any info for me? Damn this blows I was doing so good with this cycle too, went to the gym yesterday for the first time in 6 days and was a animal. I still feel pumped from last night. WTF? Would I be injuring myself further if I just left the lump along and waited to see if it would gradually go down/away with the continuance of heat and massage every night, or do I really have another option other than the DR?

 

[Philly D]

bump

 

[Philly D]

Someone...anyone?????

 

[goin on 4T]

I did a 130 of prop on sunday and sat on my ass. By monday night my gf thought I had a basketball in my pants. Put on heat, massaged and streched. Today it is almost gone. Don't forget to strech that helps the blood flow in and out of the muscle...

 

[Philly D]

I did a 130 of testosterone propionate on sunday and sat on my ass. By monday night my gf thought I had a basketball in my pants. Put on heat, massaged and streched. Today it is almost gone. Don't forget to strech that helps the blood flow in and out of the muscle...

Not sure if you read the other posts but I did the inject last Thursday...I assumed it would be gone by now. Thats why I was asking...

 

[hyp1]

Other than fever and redness are there any other signs to be sure if you have an absess? Say its just swollen or just hurts to the touch but not really red to the touch? Maybe could the gear just be sitting in the same spot if it wasn't really worked too well. Say it was a glute injection, not really much working out on that area, but it hurts like a mofo. If so what are the options to remedy the problem. Should he stop altogether due to the pain. Not able to walk right or sleep much at night do to the pain. Pinning with ethenate once a week at 400mg. Someone please help it hurts. lol

generally an abscess will be red and hot to the touch.if you're curious to whether or not you have an abscess take a permanent marker and outline the redness,if it continues to spread over a period of days and goes beyond the outline you drew a few days previous it's best to get it looked at.

if you're new to injections any new injection into a muscle group you haven't injected into will be somewhat painful,get used to it bro...it's a process you're going to have to endure if you want to keep doing gear.I recommend using a heating pad applied to the sore area,and taking an anti inflammatory like tylenol or aleve will help tremendously.

best of luck to you

 

[holy ghost]

Doxy

 

[goin on 4T]

Not sure if you read the other posts but I did the inject last Thursday...I assumed it would be gone by now. Thats why I was asking...

I read it and have been following it. I have had the same problem 7-10 days of swelling until I started heating, massaging and S-T-R-E-C-H-I-N-G. That is what got the shit out of there. I used a 5/8 in my ass obviously wasn't deep enough. That is why they say go as deep into the muscle as possible. And don't message the area until the next day. Massaging it after injection will cause the fluid to come up to the sub-q area and will not flow well or dissapate. However sometimes the stuff will just not go away until heat, streching and massage forces it out. I was worried also because I started sweeting at night when I was sleeping. The redness could be caused by any number of things - heat, massage, blood flow from swelling etc.