Ms. Zhang is a post-80s mother with a son and a daughter, and her youngest son is 4 years old. Last month, she took her son Dongdong and daughter Meimei to go swimming. However, after swimming, Dongdong began to cough, have a runny nose, cry and refuse to eat when eating. Ms. Zhang noticed that her son's temperature had reached 39, and she quickly took the child to the hospital.
The fever became a nuisance and lasted for 15 days. Ms. Zhang took her son to three hospitals three times and tried three antibiotics**, but Dongdong's condition never improved.
Although all the test results showed that Dongdong did not have serious diseases such as blood diseases, the child's fever still bothered Ms. Zhang. She recalls the "butt injections" she used to get when she was a child, which were effective and affordable, but now hospitals mainly use infusions**.
In the memories of many post-80s and post-90s, "butt injections" used to be the "magic" to solve problems such as colds, fevers, coughs, and allergies****However, now injections are usually chosen on the back of the hand or arm, and butt injections seem to be no longer common. Are butt pins really gone?
Butt needles, which are actually injected into the muscles of the buttocks. Because the buttock muscles are thick and there are no important blood vessels and nerves to distribute, it is a relatively convenient and safe site for intramuscular injection.
In the past, buttocks were mainly used to inject drugs including penicillin, cephalosporins, and fever reducers.
Back in the 90s, spanking injections were a very common practice. For that generation, when they went to the hospital injection window, the needle had not yet touched the buttocks, the smell of alcohol hit the face, and tears could not help but pour out ......
However, with the continuous advancement of medicine, the drugs used for intramuscular injections in the butt have basically been updated or replaced. For example, penicillin is now given more through intravenous drips, while fever-reducing injections have gradually withdrawn from the medical arena due to the disadvantages of large number of adverse reactions and many adverse reactions.
In the past, it was generally accepted that "butt injections" were effective and the drug was absorbed quickly. However, this "shadow" that often causes in childhood is quite painful, and people are gradually discovering that this injection is not as cost-effective as it seems.
Exposing Privacy:Spanking injections mean that pants need to be removed. Despite the concealment of the injection site, it can still look a little awkward in front of strangers, especially for small children, let alone adults.
Local discomfort:When the drug is injected into the muscle tissue, the moment the needle is inserted, the liquid medicine enters the muscle, causing local discomfort. Even after the needle is removed, the liquid remains in the muscle for a while, which means that the discomfort and pain will remain with you for a while.
Risk of susceptibility to infection:Due to the thicker layer of the muscle cortex, vertical injections are usually required25 to 3 cm to penetrate the ** and fat layers and reach the muscles. Such injections can easily lead to redness, swelling, heat and pain at the injection site, and even suppuration, which in turn leads to an increase in the patient's body temperature.
Risk of complications:Butt needles can trigger some rare but serious complications of injections, including sciatic nerve damage and gluteal contractures. Gluteal contractures can lead to conditions such as difficulty squatting, frog legs, etc. Injuries to the sciatic nerve in the buttocks can paralyze the muscles of the calves and feet.
The gradual replacement of butt needles is also related to these factors:
Over the past few decades, drug applications have undergone significant changes. First, many of the once-common fever reducers for children are now on the state's list of prohibited children. This method of intramuscular administration may lead to liver and kidney damage, blood system damage and other problems, so the hospital gradually eliminated this commonly known as "butt needle".
Secondly, in the past, it was thought that "butt injections" were effective in terms of drug absorption, but with the improvement of people's living conditions, many people are in a state of obesity, which may reduce the absorption effect of the drug in the case of excessive buttock fat, so that the effect of "butt injection" is no longer as desirable as people expect.
Finally, some drugs that used to have to be injected intramuscularly have been converted to oral formulations in order to be more easily absorbed and easier to use. The progress of medicine has not only enriched the variety of drugs, but also promoted the development of various dosage forms, and the preparation technology has also been continuously improved.
The decline of intramuscular injections is an indisputable fact. More patients now prefer intravenous injections to intravenous injections, which allow blood to be absorbed more quickly and less painfully, rather than intramuscularly injections, which are intensely painful.
However, it does not mean that the "ass needle" has completely withdrawn from the stage of history. Some fat-dissolving agents, progesterone, glucocorticoids, and drugs such as streptomycin for tuberculosis still need to be injected intramuscularly into the buttocks. In some specific cases, the "butt needle" is still indispensable.
Although there are some drawbacks in the "butt needle" of a generation's "psychological shadow", it has not disappeared in specific medical scenarios and still has its irreplaceable use. If the doctor recommends this method, the patient does not need to blindly refuse, because the "butt needle" is still effective under the specific ** need.
Of course, oral medications are often considered the first choice for safe administration, while intramuscular injections are preferred over intravenous injections. The specific mode of administration needs to consider the economy, applicability and efficacy.