ok well it's known that i have a phobia concenring hospitals, needles, and doctors but especially needles. someone had told me that if i ask the person taking the blood to put an anesthetic cream on the area, they'll do it...is that true??? if so should i ask before i go on or when they are about to do it?? you have no clue how this will change my life. thank u!
2007-06-24 05:37:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
richmondgirl...it doesnt work, looking the other way.. and i dont doubt that they know waht they are doing, it's jsut i have a phobia.
2007-06-24 05:42:15 · update #1
Pangolin, get sometihng straight, i'm not your daugther nor do i go to where you work. i have a phobia and it's my job to tell you that i have it [when i go to get my blood drawn], i can easily say here's my precristion for the cream do it and it's not MY problem....here's the problem, people go into the business for the money, NOT for the people...how sad.
2007-06-24 07:50:39 · update #2
I am a certified phlebotomist, my advice to you is to tell your doctor your problem, so when you have to have blood drawn he can prescribe the cream in advance that deaden's the area first before the needle touches the skin. good luck and may god bless.
2007-06-24 08:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by Patti W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you truely have a phobia, there is no cream or spray that is going to help. A phobia of needles is a fear of needles, not fear of a small prick in the arm by that needle. (By the way, it doesn't hurt that much -- and I would know: I allow students to practice drawing blood on me and usually they miss and have to restick). It is in your head and you need to get over it. Oh, at my hospital, the phleb's do not carry any anesthetic cream/spray of any kind - most hospital's do not. Sorry, but you're out of luck.
2007-06-24 17:55:57 · answer #2 · answered by KaseyT33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I advice you to go to www.changethatsrightnow.com it will give you a chance to purchase a book about all kinds of phobias including needles. I hope this works, good luck. Also it will tell you about the phobia and how to overcome it
2007-06-24 15:20:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The anesthetic cream takes 45 minutes to work and numbs only the skin, not the underlying tissue. It also make the skin thicker and makes it harder to draw the blood/start the IV.
We use it on little kids before an IV stick sometimes.
You need to get over your phobia. Playing into it only makes it worse.
If you come to my OR, you're getting an IV, plain and simple. I have little tolerance for infantile behavior in adults. (And I include my own "needle-phobic" daughter in that. I find that if I expect appropriate behavior, I get it.)
There are things in life that are unpleasant, and we just have to suck it up and get on with it. Something sharp piercing our skin for medical benefit is one of those things.
2007-06-24 14:45:07 · answer #4 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
they can' put cream on area because it could contaminate needle and blood or reacte with medicine and getting neddle in would be difficult. unlike dentist that uses a topical anistetic before numbing area with lidocain needles to body can only be numbed by another needle like spinal tap
2007-06-24 12:47:46 · answer #5 · answered by Glenda B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm needle phobic too - try just looking in the opposite direction and remember that the phlebotomists do it every day so they are fast fast fast!!
2007-06-24 12:40:37 · answer #6 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋