Injured by injection?

[Christin]

About 5-6 months ago, I received an injection of Valium in the emergency room. They injected it into my hip. It hurt worse than any other injection I had ever received...I was crying for 20 minutes. What's really weird though, is that I STILL have pain at the injection site! It feels like a bad bruise, but there is nothing visible. Any ideas about what might have happened, what to do about it? Thanks!

[ldylavender]

I have to give myself injections every month and was told to teach my husband how to do it too. I asked the nurse about him giving me my shot in my hip, and she said no because there were too many nerves at that site. So maybe they hit a nerve or something.

[Christin]

That's what I have been thinking, either that, or could they have hit the bone?

[kehorner]

I doubt that they hit the bone, since most people have enough muscle and other padding covering the bones in this area. It depends on what you mean by your "hip." I know that injections are frequently given in the butt, and when they are given there they have to be careful not to hit nerves, so there are guidelines about where to put it. When I was in the hospital they gave me some injections on the ouside part of my thigh. In theory, I can't think of any nerves that are near the surface in the hip area. Also, I would think that if they hit a nerve you would have pain radiating to wherever that nerve goes. If you are worried, you could call your doctor and ask what you should do about it.

[Marie55]

I was taught to give injections high up on the buttocks, the fat pad above the larger portion of buttocks. Yes, there are many nerves there. They prefer shots to ge given in the muscle and if they give it too far down it will be in the fat.

Sounds like a nerve was damaged. Damaged nerves are not very forgiving.