My husband possibly has a blood clot in his upper arm. Painful but no redness nor swelling detected, he was hospitalized about 10 days ago and they could not get an IV started. They made about 8 attempts and finally he told them no more. This area bothering him now is painful and that is where they tried the IV a couple of times. He is on plavix. I have put an ice pack on the area , is this the correct thing to do. He has dr appt tomorrow late afternoon.
Hi, I am sorry for the situation your husband is going through. It is normal to get blood clot after trying to put on IV. Sometimes, they got infected at the site of injection. Apart applying cold compresses, I advise looking for signs of infection. If no infection, then, advised to apply heparin cream locally if there is bruise at the site of injection. Taking Plavix will make it longer for the blood clot to get healed. All the best!