Venesection trearment

Been receiving venesection treatment now for 3months.Just wondered how other people cope with sore arms etc from weekly red cell balance through venesection.Arms really sore and painful and seems worse every time,also have weekly screening with G P,so both arms very sore.

  • Hello there and thanks for posting

    I'm sorry to hear you are undergoing regular venesection and i'm sure you realise that having sore arms is unfortunately one of the side effects of the treatment. I assume they are alternating which arm or vein they use each time to try and minimise the discomfort but I appreciate as time goes on this is getting worse. Do let the team looking after you know where the pain you have is in case they want to avoid those areas and they may also have some other suggestion of things to help.

    Hopefully some other patients going through something similar will get back to you with some of their experiences and advice.

    Please get back if you have further questions or give us a call on 0808 800 4040, Monday-Friday 9-5.

    All the best

    Naomi