I posted this in some other forums, but haven't had many responses yet, so I thought I'd post here
Last week I went to the ER after throwing up for several hours. When I got there, the nurse tried to get blood out of the vein closest to my right wrist. When she wasn't able to get blood there, she kept fishing around in that vein. After that, she tried to get blood higher up my on my right arm, and was unsuccessful there too. Another nurse finally ended up getting blood out of my left arm.
2 days after I got home, I was brushing my hair and felt a sensation like a rubberband snapping in the middle of my forearm on my right arm. This continued whenever I did anything, even lay my arm off the bed. I would also describe it as almost an electric shock. I jusy don't understand why I am feeling it in my forearm when the problem was at my wrist?
I called the hospital and they suggested that I go back to the ER. The ER then said said that they thought the nurse hit a nerve when she tried to get blood from the vein near my wrist. They did an ultrasound of my upper arm (not where the pain was), which showed good blood flow. They gave me an antibiotic, which I can't take, because I am allergic to Penicillin (I told them that at the ER, and the Physicians Assistant still gave me something with Penicillin).
My arm feels a bit better (although not much), but the right side of my neck has been hurting badly and the back and top of my head has been sore.
Does anyone know what could be causing it?
Any help is appreciated.