Very Very Important!!!!!!

[Texas Monster]

Fellow athletes,

Just got done commenting on a post of red hot painful injection site pain.

If it has been longer than 3-4 days and u have red swollen areas around where u were pinning and it is hot to the touch 99% chance it is infected. Go get it checked out and the best case scenario is they say it isnt.

Having said that remember to always practice the upmost sanitary pinning possible.....

Wipe the tops of the bottles with an alcohol pad.....use a clean syringe And inject needle every time, clean down the inject site with an alcohol rubbing pad.....try injecting after a shower..... Inject in a clean environment and not ur bathroom.....place a bandaid over ur inject site to keep infection out......

Be super careful out there because infections do happen and they are a bitxh to treat.

Just thought I would post this reminder as we are going into that time of the year again.

 

[Idobehigh]

How do they typically treat it? Say you catch it three days post injection, is it just a simple prescription and your sent home?

 

[UA_Iron]

General antibiotics such as keflex (cephalexen) at first, if its gone too far they'll have to cut it open.

 

[stevesmi]

the chance of getting an infection are very slim even if you injected in a septic tank it would be hard, i think dirty gear is contributing to so many cases of this.

 

[zedhed]

IDK steve. I saw in a lab where they put the vials under a UV light and specifically on the rubber seals. Man you would not believe the crap that is on them. I wipe mine for 15 seconds with alcolhol and then do it again same with injection site. Better safe then sorry.

 

[MaxxReps]

General antibiotics such as keflex (cephalexen) at first, if its gone too far they'll have to cut it open.

Is it possible to get antibiotics ourselves to at least attempt to self treat infections before they get that far? Lets face it, not many of us want to go to the doctor and admit gear use before it gets bad.

 

[stevesmi]

Is it possible to get antibiotics ourselves to at least attempt to self treat infections before they get that far? Lets face it, not many of us want to go to the doctor and admit gear use before it gets bad.

yes I keep anti-biotics in my medicine drawer just in case i ever need them, and I get ones I know that won't fuck me up from bad sides... also I take pro-biotics afterwards this is very important .. you would obviously need to find an online pharmacy (no don't ask me lol) NTBM sells pro biotics just 1 cap a day is ample

 

[stevesmi]

IDK steve. I saw in a lab where they put the vials under a UV light and specifically on the rubber seals. Man you would not believe the crap that is on them. I wipe mine for 15 seconds with alcolhol and then do it again same with injection site. Better safe then sorry.

yes which is my point. the body is strong enough to deal with all kinds of things and the chances of getting infected are slim. we cut ourselves, we touch other peoples fluids at the gym by mistake, we inhale others viruses, we eat food that isn't prepared correctly.

i'm just saying with all the cases of infections from injecting gear it has more to do with the gear itself being the problem and not the procedure. i'm sure the OP in the other thread did everything by the book, its been a recurring problem with him having problems with this gear. frankly i would throw it away

 

[icedemon]

Is it possible to get antibiotics ourselves to at least attempt to self treat infections before they get that far? Lets face it, not many of us want to go to the doctor and admit gear use before it gets bad.

If you can't find a place to buy antibiotics, you can get fish antibiotics at a pet store or on Amazon. It's the same stuff as what they give humans, just labeled different.

 

[Planteater]

There are many types of antibiotics and the fish types, although used in humans, might not be the right ones or powerful enough for the infection. For instance, eurythro is fish medicine and human medicine. Take it if you have a cough. But an infection in your muscle tissue?

This is really bad advice.

 

[Texas Monster]

As far as the gear being dirty yes that can be a contributing factor.......but even if you have clean gear and then inject under unsanitary conditions you are still at risk.

As far as antibiotics go it depends on the strand of infection you are dealing with. If it is a simple celuulitous infection that has not spread and has not started to abcess then oral antibiotics should do the trick.

If the infection has started spreading but not formed an abcess it will take a weeked stay at the hospital on IV antibiotics to cure the infection fast enough to prevent an abcess.

IF an abcess has formed then you are fucked because the only way out is with a very sharp knife........

That being said dependent on the strand there are very nasty cases of cellulitous out there......mrsa being the worst (eats away at tissue like HFacid)

If you find yourself at the hospital under no circumstances tell them that you are cycling.....say it was a bug bite or open wound that got infected......they will treat it the same way either way you look at it. Doctors are way to dam nosey for their own good.

It is like taking a car in to get the headlight fixed.....either way you will replace the headlight so what is the big deal if a hooker happened to get in the way of it? (feel free to laugh now)

 

[MaxxReps]

There are many types of antibiotics and the fish types, although used in humans, might not be the right ones or powerful enough for the infection. For instance, eurythro is fish medicine and human medicine.

You can get cephalexen for fish. Not sure if I'd really want to take it but I have had mixed luck with online pharmacies with certain other drugs (underdosed/fake generics).

One thing for sure, I think this should be another staple in everyones toolkit who is committed to this lifestyle.

Thanks for bringing it up.