re re help me inject from article apr vax oxford ac uk by krishnas vax oxford ac uk the best way of self injection is to use the right size needle and choose the correct spot for streptomycin usually given intra muscularly use a thin needle guage and select a spot on the upper outer thigh no major nerves or blood vessels there clean the area with antiseptic before injection and after make sure to inject deeply a different kind of pain is felt when the needle enters the muscle contrasted to the prick when it pierces the skin ps try to go to a doctor self treatment and self injection should be avoided as far as possible the areas that are least likely to hurt are where you have a little fat i inject on my legs and gut and prefer the gut i can stick it in at a degree angle and barely feel it i m not fat just have a little gut my legs however are muscular and i have to pinch to get anything and then i inject at about a degree angle and it still hurts the rate of absorbtion differs for subcutaneous and muscular injections however so if it s a daily thing it would be best not to switch places every day to keep consistencey although some suggest switch legs or sides of the stomach for each shot to prevent irritation when you clean the spot off with an alcohol prep wait for it to dry somewhat or you may get the alcohol in the puncture and of course that doesn t feel good a way to prevent irratation is to mark the spot that you injected a good way to do this is use a little round bandage and put it over the spot this helps prevent you from injecting in the same spot and spacing the sites out accuartely about apart this is from experience so i hope it ll help you i have diabetes and have to take an injection every morning later david david hahn university of wisconsin milwaukee hahn csd csd uwm edu
