• Syringe needle broke in arm?

The tip of a 30 gauge, 5/16” length syringe broke off in my arm, not far from my right elbow. What should I do?

1 Answer

  • Internist
  • San Francisco, California

This could be a problem. Please go to your nearest Emergency Room. ASAP. It could migrate if it is in a vein, or could be a Indus for a bad infection if it is in your skin, or the tissue under the skin. Even if it is in the skin, it could still migrate into a vein and go to your heart.

Please go now.

Cynthia Point, MD

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