Methods for treating phlebitis caused by infusion

Sometimes, if inflammation occurs in certain parts of the body, you need to take some anti-inflammatory drugs, or relieve the inflammation through infusion. Infusion can help people alleviate their condition, but sometimes infusion can also cause phlebitis. Do you know about phlebitis caused by infusion? Let’s take a look at the methods for treating phlebitis caused by infusion.

1. Apply wet compress with 50% magnesium sulfate solution. 2. When there is burning pain, you can use ice packs for cold compress to relieve the pain. 3. Furazolidone gauze wet compress 3. Local physical therapy 4. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment In terms of Chinese herbal medicine treatment, fresh hibiscus flowers and leaves are crushed and applied to the affected area, which is more effective for vascular sclerosis in phlebitis. Seven-leaf gentian is effective in treating the pain caused by phlebitis. Mix 30% raw tung oil and 70% raw gypsum into an ointment to prevent and treat subcutaneous extravasation and phlebitis caused by chemotherapy drugs. A pain-relieving ointment made of frankincense, myrrh and borneol is effective for mild phlebitis and mild edema. The effect of applying decoction of Coptis chinensis and Phellodendron chinense on phlebitis is better than that of magnesium sulfate. Using 50% Glauber's salt can quickly relieve the symptoms of redness, swelling, heat and pain caused by extravasation of intravenous infusion. Jingwanhong ointment, which is composed of dandelions, rhubarb, pangolin, borneol, etc., is more effective for phlebitis where the puncture points are at or above the joints. Soaking Phellodendron chinense, Coptis chinensis, Safflower, etc. in alcohol is effective for red, hot and thrombotic phlebitis. Patients with phlebitis have hyperplasia of the vascular intima and slow blood flow. The surrounding skin may show congested erythema, sometimes accompanied by edema, which gradually subsides and the congestion is replaced by pigmentation, and the erythema turns into brown [1]. A small number of patients may experience reactions such as chills, fever, pain and swelling. Phlebitis usually occurs in the limbs, followed by the chest and abdominal walls, and a few cases present migratory attacks. The clinical features are: sudden occurrence of redness, swelling, burning, pain or tenderness along the course of the vein, and the appearance of cord-like objects or nodules. After the acute phase, the cords become hardened and localized skin pigmentation occurs. When examining the affected limb, a cord-like hard object can be felt along the direction of the affected vein, which is tender. The surrounding skin may appear congested erythema, pigmentation, accompanied by itching, and the skin may become dark brown.

Because what we usually know is that we use infusion to solve the disease and let the body gradually reach a healthy state. We don’t really understand or know about phlebitis caused by infusion. However, this situation also happens frequently, so you should also understand what methods can treat phlebitis caused by infusion. Then follow the article above to learn.