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<blockquote data-quote="mrburden" data-source="post: 374706" data-attributes="member: 10956"><p>Air in the bloodstream is called an air embolism. Ideally there shouldn't be any air in the blood as it can cause serious problems. However, small amounts injected under the skin generally have no ill effects. Any amount injected directly into a blood vessel can cause problems to the area that the air is transported to by starving the organ/area of blood or by introducing airborne infections. I have occasionally heard an air bubble squirt through the needle in the past with no problems. But I was closely monitored after a nurse allowed an air bubble to go into my arm through a drip cannula while I was in hospital a few years back. I felt it go up the side of my neck and they tilted the hospital bed so that my feet were up hill for a while.</p><p>I'm sure that you won't have any issues with the small amount that went in and by now any potential problems would have shown themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrburden, post: 374706, member: 10956"] Air in the bloodstream is called an air embolism. Ideally there shouldn't be any air in the blood as it can cause serious problems. However, small amounts injected under the skin generally have no ill effects. Any amount injected directly into a blood vessel can cause problems to the area that the air is transported to by starving the organ/area of blood or by introducing airborne infections. I have occasionally heard an air bubble squirt through the needle in the past with no problems. But I was closely monitored after a nurse allowed an air bubble to go into my arm through a drip cannula while I was in hospital a few years back. I felt it go up the side of my neck and they tilted the hospital bed so that my feet were up hill for a while. I'm sure that you won't have any issues with the small amount that went in and by now any potential problems would have shown themselves. [/QUOTE]
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