i got an infection in my finger and within 48 hrs it travelled up my vein into my armpit, entire arm and hand was red, sore, and giant lumps in my veins (about 20 or more lumps)...ive been on 900mg clindamycin iv for a week and swelling gone down, finger almost healed up, but not really, but bumps are still there and red and sore all the way to armpit, no changes in them...and now im being passed around to different drs as if no one is able to deal with it...it was called cellulitits for a week, but now that is ruled out...i saw infectious disease expert and he told me to see rhuemetologist, and rhuemetologist wont see me, sent me back to infectious...im giving myself my own iv at home and its painful...just wondering what i should really do next...
Hi, Dear Thanks for the query to Chat Doctor virtual Clinic. I studied your query with available details given in your query. I understood your health concerns. Treatment and Cause for the painful multiple lumps in arm vein-Cause of lumps -Your case is rightly assessed by your rheumatologist as Infectious, because there is clear-cut history of finger infection.Don't blame your doctor who has referred to rheumatologist to rule out any other possibilities, as it persisted even after 1-week course of antibiotics.Don't worry and cool down and take IV antibiotics only under guidance from your doctor, though the lumps are painful. The lumps are of thrombophlebitis with clots at places, and it would take another 10-15 days to reduce in intensity, due to extensive infection of the vein of the arm. So don't get panicky and take treatment as follows-Treatment -This needs to be taken under cover of your doctor as follows-Rest to the part with elevation on the pillows or Arm -slingTab-Voltaren 1 /two times a day x 10 days with Tab Proton-D 1 at 6 pm. Thrombophobe point loccallySerropetidase x for 10 days time for early recovery of the cellulitis and the lumps. So Don't worry.It's not cancerous but is thrombophlebitis with clots at places. This would help you to plan treatment with your doctor, whom you should plan your visit urgently, before it complicates anymore.Don't Self-treat or medicate in your case as the case may go in to further complications. Hope this reply would resolve your query and would help you to plan treatment with your doctor. Hope this would relieve of your health concerns. Welcome for any further query in this regard before final suggestions are given in your query. Wishing you fast recovery. Have a good day. Chat Doctor. N. Senior Surgical Specialist.