65 year old female, hx: Fibromyalgia, depression, headaches and IBS phones:
Caller: My vein is sticking out!!!!
Me: What? Where?
Caller: You know (me: no I don’t, but anyway) right here on my arm? Do I need to go to Emergency???
Me: Where on your arm?
Caller: Right at my elbow on the inside.
Me: That’s called your antecubital fossa. That vein is supposed to stick out. In fact, sometimes when we need to use it for drawing blood or start an IV if desperate – we actually put warmth on it to make it stick out.
Caller: But – I’ve never seen that happen before…!!!!!!!!
Me: It’s normal. Don’t go to Emergency, whatever you do. They won’t appreciate it.
Caller: But……..
Me: Believe me.
*sigh*
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