Frequently asked questions and answers regarding the use of growth hormone HGH

Friends who are using growth hormone HGH can take a seat according to their symptoms. Please refer to it.

Q: How to deal with bleeding at the injection site after injecting growth hormone?

A: When the syringe is pulled out and there is only extradermal bleeding at the eye of the needle, it indicates that the injection pierced small capillaries in the skin; Don't be nervous, it won't cause any harm to the body and won't affect the effect of growth hormone. Apply hot compress with a warm towel for 5-10 minutes (summer does not require hot compress), and avoid subcutaneous bleeding during the next injection of growth hormone; Due to the thickness and length of the BD needle tip and pen, there are slightly more cases of bleeding at the injection site during BD needle injection, but both are relatively rare. If the needle extraction speed is too slow after injection, it is easy to bleed, and the needle should be extracted quickly.

Q: How to deal with bulging small swelling when injecting growth hormone into the skin?

A: When injecting growth hormone, due to the small injection angle, the drug is injected into the skin to form small swelling without treatment, allowing the skin to absorb the drug on its own without affecting the effect of growth hormone and causing any harm to the body. The correct injection angle for growth hormone injection is 45 degrees, and it is injected subcutaneously. If the injection speed is too fast, it can easily bulge.

Q: What are the most serious side effects of using growth hormone?

A: Growth hormone is very safe and has no serious side effects. A few users may experience edema and local injection site pain at the beginning of use, and it will generally disappear naturally if continued use. When used at ultra-high doses, acromegaly may occur.

Q: Can long-term use of growth hormone lead to tumors?

A: A lot of medical research has been done. The medical literature shows that the incidence of tumors after the use of growth hormone is 2 to 3 percent, which is equivalent to the incidence rate of normal people. There is no significant difference, indicating that the use of growth hormone will not lead to tumors.

Q: Can injecting growth hormone affect one's own growth hormone secretion function?

A: It will not affect at all. The secretion of growth hormone is related to the hypothalamic pituitary growth axis. Injecting growth hormone does not affect the function of the hypothalamic pituitary growth axis.

Q: Does the injection of growth hormone cause pain or numbness due to low temperature (common in autumn/winter)?

A: When injecting growth hormone, it should be taken out of the refrigerator 30 minutes in advance and warmed by hand; Pain may be caused by a fast injection rate and should be injected slowly; If sharp pain is stimulated by injection to the peripheral nerves of the skin, the needle can be removed and the injection site can be changed at this time; Relax before injection to avoid injection pain.

Q: Joint pain or muscle pain after injection for a period of time?

A: Intense exercise or sudden increase in exercise intensity may occur and should be done gradually; Or it may be due to the strong physiological effect of the storage of growth hormone sodium and water. Patients with mild pain do not need to be treated, and the symptoms disappear after a few days. Patients with severe pain can reduce the dosage of growth hormone or stop taking the medication for two days. After the symptoms disappear, continuing to use it will not appear again.

Q: What is hypothyroidism? How to deal with hypothyroidism when using growth hormone?

A: Oral administration of levothyroxine sodium, commonly known as T3, can be used to control thyroid function. After discontinuing growth hormone, thyroid function will return to normal.

Q: What to do if there is edema in the calves and ankles when using growth hormone, and one pressed one pit?

A: This is a symptom of edema: edema on the back of the hands, feet, and lower limbs; If tolerable, continue to use growth hormone, and symptoms generally disappear within 3-7 days; Inability to tolerate, it is necessary to reduce the dosage of growth hormone or stop medication, and resume medication after symptoms disappear.

Q: Why should each injection point be separated by two centimeters from the previous injection point when injecting growth hormone?

A: Injecting growth hormone can locally degrade subcutaneous fat, especially the fat in the abdomen and intestinal omentum, which is sensitive to catecholamine mediated lipolysis (such as increased subcutaneous fat in GHD, especially the accumulation of abdominal fat, which can be ablated after growth hormone treatment). If the same point is continuously injected for a long time, subcutaneous induration can occur

Q: Should growth hormone be stopped during cold treatment?

A: General cold medication does not affect the effect of growth hormone.

Q: Will forgetting to inject growth hormone one day affect the effectiveness? Need to make up for the missing quantity?

A: Occasionally forgetting to inject growth hormone for one day will not affect the results, and there is no need to make up for the missed dose; Try to avoid intermediate drug discontinuation as much as possible.

Q: How long does growth hormone take to take effect?

A: Growth hormone generally needs to be used continuously for more than 3 months.

Q: Reasons for ineffective use of growth hormone?

A: a. Insufficient dose of growth hormone; b.  Produce antibodies against growth hormone powder.

Q: The injection site shows redness, pain, fever, and itching, ranging in size from peanuts to eggs

A: a. The purity of growth hormone is very high, and there will be no allergic reactions; b. The above situations are mostly caused by allergies to disinfection methods such as alcohol or iodophor. The solution is to replace non allergic disinfection methods