I came home from the hospital two days ago. Yesterday my left arm swelled up turned red and discolored all the way from my fingers to my shoulder. I had been in the hospital eight days to have fluid drawn off from around my heart. The Pick (Pic?) Line was in my left arm. I am three hours away from the heart hospital that I was in. My arm feels better when I keep it elevated in my recliner chair and I am keeping a heating pad on it. The normal flesh color is returning and some of the swelling is going down, but I m not sure what to do about it or what caused this problem. I have no fever or any other symptoms.
Hi these symptoms come due to the intravenous fluid extravasation, or due to infection at the site of putting vanilla called as thrombophlebitis. In both situations symptoms get corrected if you keep your limb elevated constantly do fist of fingers tightly and release, there is one ointment by name of SUMAC which can be locally applied over the limb it helps to reduce swelling. If your symptoms do not settle, or you have fever, then your consultation with your doctor will be must