Injecting drug users usually skin pop because they are unable to gain access to a vein. Several studies have noted that skin popping is associated with a higher risk of acquiring an abscess than ...

Embolism, which is the blockage of a blood vessel by lodged material, abscesses, ... But for the sake of your body and mind, stay away from illicit intravenous drug use of any kind.

We are evaluating missed diagnoses of epidural abscesses that lead to quadriplegia, paraplegia, and cauda equina syndrome As a physician, I managed the rehabilitation of plenty of paralyzed IV ...

Before “shooting up,” drug users often fail to clean injection sites, or do so insufficiently. 6,15–17 In a study of 1057 injection-drug users in Baltimore, abscesses were twice as common ...