I received an intravenous drip in a hospital in Morocco a little more than a week ago and now there's this thing under my skin near the injection site on my arm. What is it? [more inside]
posted by mdonley on Mar 7, 2009 - 5 answers

I've been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) -- a blood clot -- and I have questions about current best practices for treatment... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 4, 2008 - 14 answers

Air bubble in the artery... we've seen the TV murder mystery where someone is killed by having air injected directly into their artery, resulting in heart failure. My question is how much air would it take? A little or a lot?
posted by lekvar on Mar 26, 2007 - 17 answers

I’m looking for statistics from a reputable source describing the cost of both treatment and loss of wages/productivity or a combination of both (general financial burden) due to incidence of thrombosis and thrombotic disease. [more inside]
posted by Java_Man on Jan 30, 2007 - 4 answers

So recently I've been having a lot of "vigorous" heterosexual, um, sex. Yay me; yay my partner. However, my penis is now sporting a little more backbone than usual. Of course there's...-> [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 28, 2006 - 7 answers