Progesterone injection buttock pain can be relieved by local hot compress method, in addition to pay attention to the injection method is correct.
Progesterone oil, insoluble in water, in general to take the way of intramuscular injection, the injection may make the muscle localized formation of hard knots, thus causing pain and discomfort. If pain occurs, there are generally several ways to deal with.
1. Pain in the buttocks after injection of progesterone can use a towel or hot water bag to apply hot compresses to the local area, which can promote blood circulation to promote drug absorption, and can alleviate the discomfort of pain in the buttocks.
2. Improve the injection method to avoid pain caused by local malabsorption due to shallow injection. Deep intramuscular injection can also reduce pain. Pay attention to the hygiene of the needle eye after injection to avoid infection.
3. If the pain is still not well relieved, the phenomenon of redness, swelling, heat and pain, this is likely to be in the injection process of bleeding in the eye of the needle, secondary infection. Once the redness and swelling appear to check whether it is caused by infection, need to be further treated under the guidance of the doctor, if necessary, anti-infection treatment.
If the pain caused by the progesterone injection is intolerable, you may consider switching to oral progesterone after talking to your doctor.