Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Vaccinations

People often feel grotty a few hours after they have an injection. Assuming the grottiness won't last too long, it therefore makes sense for injections to take place as late in the afternoon as possible - then the person is asleep during the majority of the grottiness.

But I suppose the time scale is too unpredictable on these things for doctors' surgeries to offer afternoon appointments as a matter of course.

1 comment:

emma said...

yes! also EMLA cream completely numbs the area, and avoids the tensing of muscles in response to the pinprick, which makes the whole thing much more painful.