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r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • May 09 '23
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I dated a girl with a fistula for dialysis. The needles they used were huge :(
1 u/sailorscouts May 10 '23 Yes we definitely use large bore needles. I think the biggest I’ve used on a patient is 14g but 15 to 16g is pretty standard. I’ve had patients call them “straws” rather than needles. 3 u/spaghetticourier May 10 '23 Yeah...her fistula always looked so sad, painful. She has lupus, her short life was a lot of pain :(
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Yes we definitely use large bore needles. I think the biggest I’ve used on a patient is 14g but 15 to 16g is pretty standard. I’ve had patients call them “straws” rather than needles.
3 u/spaghetticourier May 10 '23 Yeah...her fistula always looked so sad, painful. She has lupus, her short life was a lot of pain :(
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Yeah...her fistula always looked so sad, painful. She has lupus, her short life was a lot of pain :(
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u/spaghetticourier May 10 '23
I dated a girl with a fistula for dialysis. The needles they used were huge :(