I accidentally injected a little air into my body while giving myself a shot. Should I worry?
2007-03-27 16:24:28 · 11 answers · asked by DawnE 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
the air from an insulin injection goes into the fatty tissue so there is no risk of injury although you dont want to make a habit out of it. an air emboli travels through the blood stream so you would have to inject the air directly into the vein.
2007-03-27 16:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by loveotis21 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I accidentally injected a little air into my body while giving myself a shot. Should I worry?
2015-08-24 11:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by Roy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no danger injecting a little air in with your insulin. You are injecting under the skin, into fat and it'll be just absorbed.
Even if you hit a vein by accident, the major problem is the insullin getting into your system so fast.
The major problem with an air bubble in your syringe is that you cannot be certain you are getting the right amount.
2007-03-27 17:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As well as agreeing with everything that has been said, I should mention two things: a) you said you use syringes (as opposed to pens), you should know how to draw up insulin and how to get rid of air bubbles, if you don't, you need someone to show you.
b) if this is a regular thing, you're not getting an accurate dose of insulin, so that could be a problem.
Injecting air can sometimes be a little sore and you might bruise. As insulin is a s.c. injection, you won't do any harm.
2007-03-28 03:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-14 11:50:02 · answer #5 · answered by Adrian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
There is no way you could harm yourself with the amount of air in an insulin syringe. First you would need to inject all of the air into a vein, which is next to impossible. For an air emboli to occur you would need a large amount of air, like in an IV line, going directly into a blood vessel. In fact, we give a medicine subQ, into the belly, and we keep an air bubble behind the medicine and inject it into the tissue. This is to force the medicine deep enough to stay. It's a nice size air bubble too...:) - harmless.
2007-03-27 16:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by DanaZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not worry. If you give yourself a Subcutaneous injection and the syringe has air in it it will not harm you, nothing will happen. An embolisim happens when you inject air into a vein and you need alot of air to have this happen. A syringe with 10 ml of air in it would be about what you would need to cause an emboli and only if it was into a vein.
2007-03-27 16:32:58 · answer #7 · answered by Gary S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Injecting alittle air in your tissue won't cause an embolus. You have to inject at least 50ccs of air into a blood vessel in order to risk an embolus. A small amount of air injected into tissue under the skin is just absorbed by the body. Nothing to worry about
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2016-05-02 02:39:35 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to worry about. It may be a tiny little bit sore or cause a very small bruise, sometimes that happens to me when I get an air bubble.
2007-03-27 16:47:13 · answer #10 · answered by j3nny3lf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋