An abscess after an injection made both intramuscularly and subcutaneously, unfortunately, is not uncommon. You should not try to get rid of this post-injection complication yourself, you should definitely consult a doctor.
Complications after injections occur in many people. The easiest possible is a hematoma, a slight hemorrhage. It occurs due to a needle entering a blood vessel, or when the medicine is administered too quickly. Not having time to spread in the tissues, it squeezes nearby small vessels, because of which they can burst. A hematoma is not dangerous to the patient’s health and can only be an aesthetic inconvenience. It does not require special treatment, but you can try rubbing ointment - Troxevasin or heparin into the bruise so that it resolves faster.
Often after injection, an infiltrate occurs, which is a seal at the injection site. Usually it appears in cases where aseptic rules were violated during the manipulation or the wrong needle was used (for example, the medicine was injected intramuscularly with a short needle intended for subcutaneous injection). In the old days, when injections were made with reusable syringes, this complication arose more often, since the needles became dull with time. With the advent of disposable syringes, their frequency decreased significantly. In addition to the listed reasons, infiltration may occur due to improper choice of the injection site or as a result of multiple injections with a long course of treatment.
You can get rid of infiltrate with the help of both medication and folk remedies. Compresses with magnesia, camphor oil, dimexide give a good effect. Dimexide must be diluted with water (1: 3). Of the folk remedies, you can use a cabbage leaf, cut in half and peeled aloe leaf, baked onion. These remedies, like compresses, are usually applied to the seal overnight. The iodine "net" also helps many: it needs to be "drawn" on the buttock 3-4 times a day. With successful and timely treatment, the infiltrate usually resolves in a few weeks, leaving no residue. However, if a painful compaction is formed at the injection site, accompanied by hyperemia (redness), self-medication should in no case be done! Such an inflammation after an injection already requires the consultation of a surgeon, since an abscess may occur in its place.
An abscess after an injection, the treatment of which should be trusted only by specialists, is one of the most dangerous post-injection complications. At the same time, the injection site becomes hot and when pressed on it, pain is felt, sometimes quite severe. As a rule, in this case there was a violation of sterility: an abscess after an injection appears due to the penetration of pyogenic microorganisms into the tissues. The sooner the patient turns to a specialist, the better: in most cases, modern drugs can defeat such inflammation at the initial stage. Before consulting a doctor, you should not use any procedures (cold, heat) on your own, you cannot massage a painful area or rub drugs into it - all these measures can lead to the spread of an abscess.
An abscess after an injection is dangerous, first of all, with its complications: the patient has a fever, in the most severe cases, sepsis may occur. The course of the disease depends, first of all, on the time of seeking medical help, as well as on the general condition of the body: with reduced immunity, abscesses of any nature are more severe. Only a surgeon can determine how to treat an abscess after an injection in a given patient based on visual examination data and the general condition of the patient.
Before the purulent fusion of tissues begins with post-injection abscesses, conservative treatment is usually prescribed: physiotherapy (UHF), taking antibiotics. In complicated cases, an operation is indicated - opening an abscess under local anesthesia. Then a course of treatment is carried out with the use of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, daily dressings. After cleansing the wound from pus, ointments and gels are used that promote tissue healing (Solcoseryl, Curiosin, Bepanten). Provided that you contact a specialist in a timely manner, the post-injection abscess can be cured quickly enough and without complications.