How to give yourself a butt injection

Buttock injection is a form of intramuscular injection, and it is also a simpler treatment method than drip. It can be inserted into the blood vessel and can avoid damaging the bones and has relatively little stimulation. There will only be a little pain in the wound right after the injection, and there are no other symptoms. It is quick, short-term and very effective. If you do not have a medical basis, it is recommended that you do not try it easily.

concept

An injection into a muscle at a suitable location behind the buttocks.

advantage

An injection in the buttocks is a type of intramuscular injection and is also widely recommended. This is because the buttocks muscles are relatively thick and less irritating, making it difficult to pierce deeper blood vessels and avoid damaging bones. In addition, the muscle tissue here is loose and has abundant blood vessels, which is conducive to drug absorption. It should be noted that there are many nerves distributed around the buttocks. Therefore, in order to avoid damaging the nerves, needles in the buttocks are injected in the upper outer 1/4 of the buttocks on one side.

Injection positioning

Gluteus maximus injection positioning Gluteus maximus injection positioning method 1:

Gluteus maximus injection location

Cross-line method: draw a horizontal line from the apex of the gluteal cleft to the left or right side, and then make a vertical bisector from the highest point of the iliac crest. The injection site is at the upper outer 1/4. Be careful to avoid inner corners.

Method 2:

Using the line method, the upper and outer 1/3 of the line connecting the anterior superior iliac spine and the coccyx is the injection site.

Injection positioning for gluteus medius and gluteus minimus: ① Place the tip of the index finger on the anterior superior iliac spine and the tip of the middle finger on the lower edge of the iliac crest. A triangular area is formed between the two fingers, which is the injection site.

Gluteus medius and gluteus minimus injection location

② Three horizontal fingers outside the anterior superior iliac spine. Note that the patient should use his own fingers as the reference.

Vastus lateralis injection location: mid-thigh lateral side Adults: 10cm below the hip joint to 10cm above the knee joint, 7.5cm wide on the lateral side of the thigh

Precautions

Care should be taken to avoid the sciatic nerve and femoral artery.

reason

1. The injection volume is small (generally, a maximum of 4 ml is injected intramuscularly, while an intravenous injection can reach thousands of ml).

2. It is inconvenient (you need to take off your clothes. "In order to protect the privacy of the patient, each intramuscular injection is performed under the cover of a screen.") and painful. "Long-term use can easily cause subcutaneous nodules and congestion symptoms, and some injections can even cause muscle atrophy."

3. The decline of intramuscular injection and the rise of intravenous injection are also related to the exaggerated publicity of antibiotics, the "herd" mentality and hospital profits. "