What to do if your arm is sore after a blood draw

Patients with symptoms of soreness in the arm after blood sampling, based on the specific degree of local damage, the recovery time will be different, often can take the following methods to deal with: First, if the patient is lodged in the blood sampling deeper tissue, damage to the subcutaneous neurovascular, which causes soreness, bleeding will be combined with obvious local swelling, pain, it is recommended that the patient continues to local ice packs in order to reduce the symptoms of swelling, and at the same time, can be At the same time, patients can take oral pain an capsule, diclofenac sodium extended-release capsules to improve local pain, most patients in 7-10 days or so arm pain can be completely subsided. Second, if the patient bleeding with local hematoma formation and cause pain, it is recommended to use blood circulation and blood stasis of the ointment local external application, infrared light appropriate irradiation physiotherapy can promote the self-absorption of hematoma, can also play a better therapeutic effect. Generally in 3-5 days, the patient’s arm pain symptoms can gradually improve.