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    Jul 25, 2008, 03:30 PM
    Purple finger tips
    Im currently in school for medical assisting. Part of our practices is giving each other venipunctures aka we draw blood from each other as part of our check offs. Well I got my blood drawn Wednesday and she went too deep. It hurt so bad, felt like it went through. Now I see a little bruising from the site. Recently (friday) I was cleaning my dining room chairs and I noticed when I took my hand out of my glove my finger tips were purple and they feel a little numb. I have no idea why that's happening. Guess I'm just wondering if this is something to really worry about. :(
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    Jul 25, 2008, 03:47 PM
    I have a condition that is called Raynaud's phenomenon. It is very similar to what you are experiencing. What I have happen to my fingers is they get purple from lack of oxygen from the blood going back to the heart/lungs to get rewarmed. What I do when this happens is run warm water over my hands/fingers until the regular pink color in my fingers returns. Since you have been obviously brused there it will take a few days to properly heal up. In the meantime to help the healing, just do the warm water thing and your hands will be okay.
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    Jul 25, 2008, 06:40 PM
    You're most welcome. Glad I could help you.
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