Safer injection guide: Difference between revisions

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* ''' Risks of infection ''' - The simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc. directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.<ref>http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/279/3/1345.short</ref>

* ''' Blood-borne diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood-borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can spread disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood-borne disease.

* ''' Blood-borne diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood-borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can easily spread illness and disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood-borne disease.

* ''' Re-using needles ''' - Reusing needles is not advised for some medically relevant reasons. If upon injection you do not hit a vein, only retry with that same needle one more time IF NEEDED. It is always best to use fresh needles every time you inject.

* ''' Abscessed infections ''' - An abscessed infection is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body at or underneath an administration site that is usually caused by a bacterial infection. If one recognizes an abscess following an injection it is imperative that they go ''SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY'' as abscessed infections can lead to severe health complications and not uncommonly, death.

* ''' Abscessed infections ''' - An abscessed infection is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body at or underneath an administration site that is usually caused by a bacterial infection. If one recognizes an abscess following an injection it is imperative that they <span style="color:red">''GO SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY''</span> as abscessed infections can lead to severe health complications and not uncommonly, death.

*'''Injecting into the wrong tissue''' - Some substances need to be injected into certain types of tissue in order to be effective. This can inform which injection method should be used. For example, [[heroin]] has been shown to work "best" when IV'd and can be extremely harmful when injected into the subcutaneous tissue. This is why it is so important that one makes sure they are 'in a vein' before proceeding to inject themselves.

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 * ''' Risks of infection ''' - The simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc. directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.<ref>http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/279/3/1345.short</ref>
-* ''' Blood-borne diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood-borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can spread disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood-borne disease.
+* ''' Blood-borne diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood-borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can easily spread illness and disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood-borne disease.
 * ''' Re-using needles ''' - Reusing needles is not advised for some medically relevant reasons. If upon injection you do not hit a vein, only retry with that same needle one more time IF NEEDED. It is always best to use fresh needles every time you inject.
-* ''' Abscessed infections ''' - An abscessed infection is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body at or underneath an administration site that is usually caused by a bacterial infection. If one recognizes an abscess following an injection it is imperative that they go ''SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY'' as abscessed infections can lead to severe health complications and not uncommonly, death.
+* ''' Abscessed infections ''' - An abscessed infection is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body at or underneath an administration site that is usually caused by a bacterial infection. If one recognizes an abscess following an injection it is imperative that they <span style="color:red">''GO SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY''</span> as abscessed infections can lead to severe health complications and not uncommonly, death.
 *'''Injecting into the wrong tissue''' - Some substances need to be injected into certain types of tissue in order to be effective. This can inform which injection method should be used. For example, [[heroin]] has been shown to work "best" when IV'd and can be extremely harmful when injected into the subcutaneous tissue. This is why it is so important that one makes sure they are 'in a vein' before proceeding to inject themselves.