Please help. I don’t know what to do. It’s not my first time trying this but I am still a newbie. I did two pumps on my left side about two hours ago.
I believe I am cutting off circulation to my right cephalic vein. I’ve been trying to jump around, stretch, and do anything I can to get blood pumping there. I tried “balancing” it out by doing a pump on my right. But still numb. Right now it’s just a numb feeling, but I’m panicked because obviously the longer it goes on the potential there is for damage.
Here are pictures of my hand.
https://imgur.com/gallery/UsCMMeM
First picture shows what my finger is doing while relaxed. Second picture shows that I can make my finger go straight, however it’s shaking when trying to do this.
Continuing to do stuff to try to get blood pumping. Help. What do I do??
Go see a doctor.
Go to a doctor / emergency room immediately
Update: Logical thing would have probably been to go to an emergency room. But for most people when you’re in that situation, you’re often worried that you’re making a bigger deal out of something than you should be.
So I don’t know if I’ll be trying CFR again or not, because this definitely freaked me out. But I’m sharing my experience for record sake. I ended up doing two more pumps on my right side. This was the side that I was having numbness in. And this was the side that I neglected when I first did it. Instantly, I felt less anxious after doing it. Still felt the numbness. That was about 30 minutes ago. Hand is still numb, but arm is not. Also, my middle finger is still pulling towards my ring finger, but not as much.
I originally only did my left side because I thought I was more compressed on that side. But I’ve learned that balance is really key in this.
Going to continue to monitor, but since the numbness is decreasing I’m not going to go to an ER.
Do not attempt this again without a licensed practitioner
Go to the doctor and tell them what happened
You had a feeling of motor function being disrupted after artificially increasing pressure in your skull and/or brain. You should have medical supervision
Will do. Thanks.
Jesus. That's scary stuff.
What the heck is that?!
dude...
Please be careful. How's your hand/finger doing now?
Everything is back to normal. Thanks for checking.