This isn’t normal for a blood test? Warning-pic bruising

[YellowPrim]

Had a blood test the other day at hospital (GP receptionist said to go hospital as they didn’t have appointments for 2 weeks and hospital have a walk in clinic). Test was for iron, ferritin, b12 and some other stuff (I’m not exactly sure what but there were two stickers that I had to take with me). GP phoned today to say bloods weren’t processed in time so they have to be repeated. Thing is, it really really hurt after they took the bloods and still hurts now. It shouldn’t be like this surely? What did I/they do wrong? I drank loads of water and made sure I’d had a light meal before. I’m not ever so great at anything medical (after seeing my nan die in hospital at quite a young age it all freaks me out a bit tbh). I’m also miffed as to why it needs redoing when I had it done in the place they do the testing!!

Yes that can be perfectly normal. It’s happened to me, my daughter and my husband. Usually we either don’t bruise, or just mild, but sometimes we look like yours too 🤷‍♀️

This has happened to me before and I was in agony for.a week. I think the phlebotomist misjudged my tricky veins and jabbed in too hard.

That’s totally normal. Sometimes that kind of bruising just happens. It doesn’t indicate that the phlebotomist did anything wrong.

Worst I ever had was black and blue from armpit to wrist 😱 I was sent back to the hospital by my GP for that. Nothing could be done really. Recently i have not even marked. Im a fairly frequent flyer with the path lab.

Ummm, no, that shouldn't happen. It looks like they've either blown the vein or withdrawn the needle too slowly. It is possible that you didn't press down hard enough, but unless you are a good 'bleeder', again that shouldn't happen.
I've been there for many, many blood tests for one of my DC (had a very rare autoimmune condition so had up to 27 vials of varying sizes drawn) and also have had my own - and I bruise easily.
I wouldn't be impressed with that at all.

Yup most brusing is cos people don't press hard enough for long enough