What types of shots do I have to have in my butt instead of arm?

Question

My new dr is a woman & I a man. How will she position me for shots which scare me???

What position will I be in for butt shots???

Answer 1

Whether you get the injection in the buttocks or in the arm depends on the medication and the amount. Injections are meant to deliver the medication to a muscle, so any muscle technically would do. Muscles in the "buttockal" area are very large, and can take a large amount of medication, where muscles in the upper arm are not nearly as large and can take less. Medications which really stings, like Demerol, are usually given in the hip for comfort reasons. There are less nerve endings in the area, so less pain is felt. Penicillin usually requires a large dose, and the medication is very thick, so you need a larger diameter needle to give the shot. It would be very painful if given in the arm, because of all these reasons- the size of the dosage, the thickness of the medication and the size of the needle needed to give it. Trust me, you don't want even the smallest dose of Penicillin in your arm!
The position for a shot in the rear? If you are able to stand, the position would require your pants to be lowered at least to below the hip line. You would stand facing a bed or gurney, with the legs slightly apart and toes pointed inwards towards one another. The person giving the shot usually asks you to lean on the bed, and then they feel to locate the hip socket. Then they will imagine the buttock divided into 4 sections, and will chose a site in the upper outer section of the cheek. This lets them avoid the sciatic nerve, the major artery to the leg, and most of the other nerves in the area. A person with experience will usually either gently slap or thump the area to get you to flinch, and then give the injection. That way you get the tightening over with and are somewhat relaxed when the injection is given. It's harder and more painful to give the injection when a person tenses the muscle. It can be done, but it's a little mean.
Most folks find shots in the rear frightening and dread them, and if you tell the person giving you the shot, they will usually take a little more time and patience prepping you for it. Actually, women tend to have a nicer hand behind the needle than most men, so having it done by a woman isn't necessarily a bad thing. As far as the embarassment factor, trust me that although it is only your rear getting the shot- it's not the first rear end the medical person has ever seen or will see. Actually, you don't have to completely drop your drawers to get the shot, so they don't get a full moon view. Not that they pay it any mind anyway, the focus is just on the patch of skin getting the shot, and not the whole person it's attached to. Your doctor won't likely even remember your hind end, without the medical record to remind her what your got and where.
You can always ask to get the injection in the arm as opposed to the rear, if it is possible. My recommendation would be to take it where they suggest giving it though, as it's a decision based on solid reasons and not just a desire to see your other cheek.

Answer 2

As a registered nurse of 17+ years I will tell you that I give all shots in the hip except for, tetanus, or flu. The reason being that the hip muscle (the nurse above gave the medically correct term for the muscle so I won't go through that) is a large muscle and most IM meds need to be injected into a larger muscle for better absorption and distribution through the body. I have my clients stand with their weight on the leg on the side in which I am NOT giving the injection and have the relax the side that is being injected by raising the foot onto the ball of the foot and the toes. It is more comfortable and takes the tightness out of the muscle area I am about to inject. As for your female doctor.
1) She will not be giving you a shot herself, she will order a shot, instruct her nurse to give it and be on to the next patient.
2) Yours will not be the first "bare" butt a female in the medical profession has seen so don't worry about that.

Answer 3

Iron is basically the only shot now given directly into the dorsal gluteal (butt) area due to the increased risk of hitting a major nerve in the buttock area. Most intramuscular shots are given into the ventrogluteal area (the upper outer side of the thigh by the hip bone). Some intramuscular shots such as tetnus can be given in the deltoid muscle in the upper arm.

Answer 4

Shot In The Butt

Answer 5

Apart from iv injections, all shots can be given in the buttock but only very large ones have to be given there. Being the largest muscle in the body, all injections hurt less back there. It can also be less traumatic to get them where you can't see. In my youth I used to hate the embarrassment of getting them there but I now realise, as previous replies have pointed out, that nurses see plenty of bare bottoms every day so I no longer feel embarrassed and now request all injections in my bottom.

Answer 6

Shot In The Buttocks

Answer 7

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Answer 8

well
what i know is rectal exams or suppositories.
if your due for a rectal exam your doctor will first give you an enema or suppository so you empty all your bowls
she will probably have you bend over and give u an enema or stick up a suppository
however for rectal exams you will be on your stomach or sometimes on your side depending on what your doctor wants
don't worry none of this is painful
just uncomfortable

Answer 9

penicilin :)
you can take it but one shot will suffice over having to take the whole bottle in a prolonged period of time..but it hurts:(

Answer 10

You get birth control shots in the bum...