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Blood draw nerve damage?

Has anyone had nerve issues in their arm after a blood draw?? Or a CRPS there? I already have excitable nerves but it hasn't been bad at all for months. When the nurse was drawing my blood it burned and itched badly in the crook of the arm where she was drawing the blood. She used a butterfly needle and had to "dig" a little to find my vein and it took several minutes. When I told her it was burning and itching she thought maybe some alcohol got in the skin but didn't remove the needle. She used a butterfly needle and took four viles of blood so it was like this for several minutes. It's been over 3 days now and the burning is still there from crook of elbow to hand, my entire arm feels numb/thick, and there is pain at the site still. My hand feels tired or weak. There is no visible bleeding or bruising. I'm very scared this will be permanent. :( Has anyone experienced anything like this?
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