Hi, I haven't posted in a very long time. I was diagnosed on October 30, 2002 and have been on Copaxone since December 2002, recently switched to 40 mg 3x/week in February. For the most part, my MS is under control and life goes on pretty normal, so I don't come to the boards often. Believe me, I am very thankful and consider myself very fortunate.
Just wondering if anyone has had an infection at an injection site and what it was like. I had a really weird reaction.
To summarize, after injecting my hip I had a large area of redness spread across my hip about the size of my hand. A few days later, it became very painful, it was red as well as black & blue and there was a lump. Talked to SS nurse, iced it, reported to MS clinic nurse.
About 2 weeks after the injection, I went to an urgent care clinic - it was Saturday and the pain seemed to be a bit worse and the area was still red and warm. There was still a good sized lump under the skin, that area looked a bit white under the redness. The doctor didn't think it was infected since the red area wasn't round, it's shaped very irregular. He did prescribe me Keflex, an antibiotic, just in case.
I started the Keflex on Monday. I really didn't want to, but the area was still red, warm and there was still some pain. Tonight, I notice the skin is peeling and the area is itchy, the pain is gone unless I press on certain spots and it's still red and warm. I take a shower and afterward, I rub the area a bit trying to both gently scratch the area and remove some of the peeling skin. As I rub it, an area the size of a quarter just tears open. I put antibiotic ointment on it and bandaged it.
Now I'm just really freaked out about this, and grossed out as well. I'm not a medical professional, but to me, red, warm, pain, sounds like an infection. My mother looked at it and she said it looked infected as well, and pushed me to see the doctor. Anyone else have anything like this happen?
Now, I'm not sure who to contact, I guess I'll call Shared Solutions again and the MS clinic. Since I'm on an antibiotic, I don't think I need to worry too much about the open wound getting infected.
Just wondering if anyone has had an infection at an injection site and what it was like. I had a really weird reaction.
To summarize, after injecting my hip I had a large area of redness spread across my hip about the size of my hand. A few days later, it became very painful, it was red as well as black & blue and there was a lump. Talked to SS nurse, iced it, reported to MS clinic nurse.
About 2 weeks after the injection, I went to an urgent care clinic - it was Saturday and the pain seemed to be a bit worse and the area was still red and warm. There was still a good sized lump under the skin, that area looked a bit white under the redness. The doctor didn't think it was infected since the red area wasn't round, it's shaped very irregular. He did prescribe me Keflex, an antibiotic, just in case.
I started the Keflex on Monday. I really didn't want to, but the area was still red, warm and there was still some pain. Tonight, I notice the skin is peeling and the area is itchy, the pain is gone unless I press on certain spots and it's still red and warm. I take a shower and afterward, I rub the area a bit trying to both gently scratch the area and remove some of the peeling skin. As I rub it, an area the size of a quarter just tears open. I put antibiotic ointment on it and bandaged it.
Now I'm just really freaked out about this, and grossed out as well. I'm not a medical professional, but to me, red, warm, pain, sounds like an infection. My mother looked at it and she said it looked infected as well, and pushed me to see the doctor. Anyone else have anything like this happen?
Now, I'm not sure who to contact, I guess I'll call Shared Solutions again and the MS clinic. Since I'm on an antibiotic, I don't think I need to worry too much about the open wound getting infected.
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