Abstract
In the past 5 years, six patients visited our pain clinic with complaints of pain and/or dysesthesia in regions where they received iv catheters or needles for iv injections, blood sampling or local anesthesia. Each patient suffered from burning pain, numbness and/or a cold sensation accompanied by sensory disturbances such as hypesthesia and/or al-lodynia of the forearm after receiving venopuncture or local anesthesia. We consider infiltration of a local anesthetic with steroids and oral NSAIDs useful for treating these symptoms.
Psychological factors such as discontent and resentment at the management received during the early stage of injury also seem to contribute to the intensity and duration of pain.
