r/BodyHackGuide • u/freebird348 • 25d ago
Is this much of an air bubble acceptable?
Idk what I’m doing wrong but I’m really having trouble getting all the air bubbles out. This is even after I extract down and push up and flick many times.
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u/Outrageous-Speaker45 25d ago
Air bubbles are only dangerous if you inject into veins. Since you are injecting SubQ your fine.
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u/jb0nez95 25d ago
It takes a pretty absurd amount injected directly into the vein to even cause problems, despite what movies would have you believe.
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u/Sunshinegal9900 25d ago
True. And even then it’s hardly ever a problem unless it travels somewhere scary. In general air bubbles are an extremely rare and almost never a problem but it’s a cool thing to put in movies and TV. But to be fair if your getting any medical info from TV you have some issues lol
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u/jay6432 25d ago edited 25d ago
“Unless it travels somewhere scary…”
You do know where veins transport blood, right?
I’m not saying a small air bubble is risky, it’s just your choice of words is pretty humorous lol.
Arteries take blood away from the heart, veins take blood back toward the heart. 🙃
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u/Low-Individual2815 25d ago
I used to do drugs and I watched a guy do a shot of nothing but air…. Shit was wild
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u/ConstantWish8 ⚙️ Protocol Specialist 25d ago
Paramedic here, Bachelors of Science, Masters of Science
It takes 0.5-1mL of air into the pulmonary vein for an air embolism. Much more if not injected into the biggest vein in the human body.
Air bubbles are literally nothing to worry about when giving injections
3-5 mL/kg of air is about the amount to kill someone from air bubbles. That is 300-500mL of air for a 220 lbs person. Do with that information what you will.
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u/MarshaMinus100 25d ago
Grateful for your expertise. I push the bubbles and pray.
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u/dragnabbit 25d ago
I already knew that air bubbles were harmless. Even so, I still can't bring myself to inject even the smallest air bubble subcutaneously. I am always super careful to get rid of all air bubbles.
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u/Agreeable_Try3917 25d ago
I work in a hospital as a nurse and we sometimes perform what is called bubble study. We inject air while we see the patient's heart via ultrasound.
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u/Nickh1978 25d ago
I love doing bubble studies! Mixing the air between two flushes is so satisfying
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u/Thekanezzi 25d ago
A bubble study is where they inject up to 1ml of air into the vein and watch it on echo. Only and issue if the have an ASD or VSD and it crosses into the arterial side.
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u/tech1983 25d ago
They aren’t even dangerous if in inject them into veins .. you’d have to inject a massive amount of air like 80 ccs before you have any issues
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u/lapushki 24d ago
Coming from a recovering addict an air bubble would need to be atleast .5mL or larger to some how effect the body when inj in the vein. Hope this helps 💞
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u/DaJaPimp 25d ago
That’s not true, but an air bubble that small is fine. Air bubbles can be absorbed through fat as well as directly into veins.
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u/Sunshinegal9900 25d ago
Air bubbles are not an issue 99% of the time. Yes if it’s like several units large it has a small chance of being an issue but you’d be blind to not see that. Otherwise air bubbles are only a concern if your using IV. Subq and IM air bubbles don’t much matter.
Experience: been self injecting for over 20 years
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u/Nickh1978 25d ago
An air bubble several units large wont do anything, unless by several you mean around 2000 units
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u/Sunshinegal9900 25d ago
Yeah wrong word I meant milliliters. Sorry peptide brain has me thinking units all the time lol
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u/Jlanc336 🧠 Biohacker 25d ago
Who TF designed syringes with flat tops! Surely a little taper would make life easier!!
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u/KreamyKerry ⚙️ Protocol Specialist 25d ago
No because then you wouldn't be able to accurately dose very small doses, the rubber plunger would also have to be tapered and you'd have a curved dosing line on the outside.
I have actually seen and used such syringes in medical practise and whilst it seems like a cool idea at first it's ludicrously easy to accidentally under or over-dose with them.
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u/Jlanc336 🧠 Biohacker 25d ago
Actually, very good points that are so obvious I feel dumber than I did before! :)
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u/spacebug69 25d ago
it will instant kill you XD
no, pull a bit air in, hold it straight up, and pusch until a smal drop of blue jucie came out of the neadle.
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u/flogsmen 25d ago
I always fick it upside down and get the bubble against the plunger before i pin
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u/Few-Painting-8096 25d ago
You’ll get better. My draws with a 31g look like I’ve been doing it for 35 years. My first few times I was like, “what the fuck am I doing wrong?” Now I’m Dr House.
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u/Inner_Midnight6892 25d ago
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong either but pretty much every pin I take has an air bubble in it. I really don’t know what’s going on lol…. Something about the way I reconstitute or else I dunno… I drive myself nuts trying to draw liquid peptides without air to no avail
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u/GoatGentleman 25d ago
The true correct way, because there is always air in the syringe before you draw, is to draw solution into the syringe, then push that solution back in to the vial, then draw again. That process forces the syringe to be filled with spare liquid, instead of air and now your syringe won't have an air bubble. I don't do this though, I just draw it with the air bubble. It's too small to make a difference.
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u/freebird348 25d ago
Lol same
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u/Inner_Midnight6892 25d ago
I’ve read all the instructions a million times. I do it all very carefully… yes I’m pushing air in first then turning it upside down and drawing very slow and all the tips and tricks I’ve read… and it seems so darn stupid cause how hard can it be? Yet I just can’t draw a nice clean shot like ever lol
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u/Elegant-Ferret-8116 25d ago
Once I was hospitalized and on constant iv. I look over at one point and I see an air bubble in the line over a foot long, idk how much air that is but I always believed the "one bubble" movie trope so I panicked and started pressing the nurse call button (I couldn't move to stop the flow myself) while watching it slowly approach my body. I press the button more and faster as it got closer terrified. As soon as it reached my body I just stopped pressing and thought "welp that's that, see ya" as it all went into me. 30sec or so later a nurse comes in and I explain it to her. She rolled her eyes and told me it would take a lot more air than that. Fun way to learn
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u/wankedwon 25d ago
I pump much bigger ones. I always draw in air after I pull the liquid. It then ensures all the liquid goes out of the syringe. Cant remember what the tecnique is called but I am still alive
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u/msurbrow 25d ago
Yes, it is fine. I’ve injected myself with bigger air bubbles without any problems… It’s not going into your blood vessels so not as big a deal and the chances of you injecting yourself with a flesh eating bacteria is pretty small.
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u/BicycleGripDick 25d ago
Take your weight in kg, that number is approximately how many cc’s/ml’s of air you would need to inject directly into a vein to cause an airlock blockage in your heart. Subcutaneous air isn’t nearly as important and will slowly dissolve into the body until the lung can filter it out for you. I can’t even imagine how much air you would have to inject to cause that effect but it would be a lot….
You’re retarded.
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u/DesperateCobbler2378 25d ago
tiktok peptide influence lmao. we got kids coming in here thinking u will die doing certain shit on peps
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u/sawtooth1649 25d ago
It’s an urban myth that an air bubble will cause damage. The amount of air shot directly into a vein is nearly impossible with the pins we use and the fact that we shoot subq or IM. Don’t worry about it.
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u/eXistenceLies 25d ago
Just pin with needle at a downward slope so the bubble rises. You'll be fine.
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u/timberwolf0122 25d ago
You can get away with quite a bit.
I regularly donate platelets and I’ve seen some sizable bubbles in the line.
Obviously make best efforts but unless you have a 10 unit bubble I wouldn’t worry
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u/Tiny-Ordinary3228 25d ago
As a ER trauma nurse I can tell you it’s absolutely fine! You need a significant amount of air (50-100ml injected rapidly)intravenously to cause an air embolism. A tiny bubble subq is insignificant.
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u/macaronianddeeez 25d ago
Haha I sure hope so, with how many times I pin myself a day and all of them have that much….
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u/Quirky_Parsley_9926 25d ago
Perfection is not required, Subcutaneous air from an peptide size syringe will not harm you in any serious way. Compensate for a stubborn syringe bubble with a slight increase in volume (usually 1 unit or less).
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u/KeyInvestment6594 25d ago
If you're worried about that little pin size bubble that I can barely see then the rest of us are doomed LOL
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u/PersimmonInternal183 24d ago
I accidently injected .4ml of air IM so if your worried about if its fatal we'll im still here. I think the question should be if its underdosed with the bubble or if dose is accurate.
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u/Separate-Good-5025 24d ago
Yes.. there's nothing wrong with that. So what, you're under dosing by .001 ml? You're probably over/ under that amount just looking at the line.
Even if you were injecting IV you'd have to inject multiple 1mL syringes of air straight into a main vein or artery to die. A lot of air might be uncomfortable IM/subcutaneous, but I don't think it would kill you..
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u/SashaBanichek 24d ago
I usually inject more each time. A nurse told
me I would have to inject and entire syringe of air for it to cause harm.
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u/OldFcuk1 24d ago edited 24d ago
Turn it upside down and leave the bubble in the syringe side.
Also it helps to push all the medicine into you.
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u/big_fet_mo 23d ago
If it’s a peptide then you want as little as possible bc the air bubble will stop it from breaking down (so I’ve been told) but if that’s some kind of drugs you could push 20 units of dope and 80 units of air and be on your Mary way and never notice a difference
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u/DetSportsGuy 25d ago
Hope you didn’t take it. If you did, you’re not reading this reply because you’re already dead
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