Bruising at injection spot?

[bambam]

Has anyone had a bruise appear at the spot where they did their injection?

Yesterday I did my Humira dose and now there's a bruise at the site and I've never had it bruise before (and I've been on it since '07 or '08) so don't know if I should be worried or not?

I know I did get all the medication in, so I'm not worried about that, but I just want to see if someone else has had bruising before.

Thanks

 

[PsychoJane]

Hello!
I would not worry too much about it. I haven't had that happen to me often but I did a few time since I started humira. I think it is just a question of bursting vessels when you do the injection. I don't know if it is the fluid or the shot itself (I use the pen so it could probably cause the bruise by itself). I've had it both on my thigh and on my abdomen but it's been more frequent on my thighs... So yeah, I don't believe it is much of a problem even though it is annoying when it happens.

 

[bambam]

Ah, okay! Thanks! That's what I was figuring, but I get a little paranoid when something occurs with my injection that doesn't normally happen, so I just wanted to check.

 

[bangarang]

No worries when I had to do injections I had one bad bruise stay with me for over 6months.

 

[Emily]

I get it too! It's nothing really to worry about, my GI said if I really wanted to, to take an antihistamine prior to the injection but it's never bothered me enough to do it. It's common with Humira so no worries

 

[Miss Underestimated]

So far I've hit capillaries twice. Once I got a little bruise, the second time just a little bead of blood.

 

[Chad K]

I get these sometimes too. They go away after a short period of time.