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Subject: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: Steve [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Monday, November 19, 2012, 01:43: am This is a serious question for forum users, based on my curiosity. How common were shots in the buttocks when you were growing up? More specifically, what decade and country did you grow up in, and how likely was it at that time for an average person (excluding small children) to receive a at least one injection in the butt over the course of, say, a ten-year period? I'm interested in your thoughts. I grew up in the '70s-80s in the eastern US, and I'd estimate ther average person had a 50% likelihood of receiving at least one shot in the butt at that time. My sense is that it's more frequent in other places, but maybe less frequent now than it was then. What do you think? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: medic1459 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, November 19, 2012, 04:51: pm I grew up in the midwest in the 50's and 60's and I would say 75% of the time a trip to the doctor would result in a shot in the butt, usually penicillin. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: they hurt to STEVE [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 08:57: am HEY STEVE di you get needles in your butt?how much did they hurt you? I got injections in my ass cheecks and they HURT SO FRIGGIN BAD/stung so bad/let me know if you want to hear more specifics leave email adress if you want,DID YOU ever tense up ass cheecks when needle went in? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: jim w [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 01:12: pm Kids today don't know how lucky they are. I know they get more shots than we did. I was born in 1941. we all had at least one smallpox vacination scar. the shots hurt a lot.the old doc I had to go to even sharped the needle he used.they were big 18-20 gauge. 18 for the butt, 20 for the arm. when you got a shot from him, it took forever. He was old and shakey. he pushed the needle in slow then took for ever to inject what ever he was putting into you. I think the reaction to the vaccine we got was worse than what it is today. anyone have a comment as to how they were treated at the doc? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: Brendon [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 06:08: pm Growing up in the 70s and 80s in southern California, my chances of getting a shot in the bottom at the doctor were about 95%. Almost every doctor visit ended with my bottom bared for the nurse's needle. I grew up during the tail end of the penicillin era, although I think I was normally given amphicillin. If I was not there because I was sick, it was for the express purpose of getting a booster shot, or for my frequent migraines as a teenager. All of my shots were given in the bottom, so it was never even a question of where it would go. Today certain shots are still given in the bottom, but if they can be given in the arm I think they usually will be. They also give children shots in the thigh now instead of the butt. So the bottom is kind of like the last option; if it absolutely has to be used, it will be. When I was growing up it was seemingly the preferred method to give it in the buttocks. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: Steve [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Friday, November 30, 2012, 07:45: pm Great replies. I think people, and especially kids, are much more concerned about protecting privacy now than back in the 40s and 50s. I suspect it started to change in the 70s-80s. Still, I had an experience at a clinic set up for hepatitis shots in the early-90s where hundreds of people lined up for shots in the buttocks, and there was no question at all about where the shot was going. Older teens and adults of same sex were seen in semi-private rooms, 4 to 6 at a time. I was pretty shocked when I figured out what was going on, but no one complained about the set up. People did complain about the shot itself, which was pretty huge, and tough for even a good number of adults to handle. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: Jonathan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Wednesday, December 05, 2012, 08:40: pm I grew up in the 50s-60s. We got smallpox, several polio, tetanus, and I think DTP (though that may have arrived later.) We didn't routinely get vaccinations against measles or chicken pox as they do now, though I get a shot for measles (I think it was) just after my older sister contracted them. This was not to prevent them, but give me a milder case. Penicillin was also a pretty common prescription and I guess they didn't have the pills then. The "best" were the oral Polio vaccines which only involved standing in a long line and eating a sugar cube. Smallpox and some of the polio I got in the arm. But most seemed to be in the bottom. Penicillin always seemed to even as a teen. I think this was simply a matter that a child's arm even at 8 is pretty small, a child can jerk his arm out of the way, but not his bottom if he's lying flat, and privacy didn't seem to be a issue. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: John [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, December 08, 2012, 05:06: pm Usually the determining factors in where a nurse puts a needle is (A) volume being injected, (B) how irritating the substance is and (C) the muscle mass of the arm vs the gluteal region. Patient preference is considered too; I elect for all injections to be in my butt. The worst pain I had was an injection into my eye socket to numb it before a laser treatment. Then they didn't get it numb enough so I felt all of the laser hits. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: oel [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 03:10: am I grew up in ussr in 70s. All kids got the shots at school. I remember in each academic year we had at least 1, sometimes 2 or 3 shots. Almost all of them were given in the buts except a few jabs such as smallpox and Mantu reaction. I can't be sure all of the shots were vaccinations. I think some of them were gammaglobulin which is not a vaccine technically speaking. I hated those days when when we were called to the school medical office where a school nurse gave us shots. The shots did hurt and there was no privacy at all during the procedure. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: Mitch [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Monday, December 17, 2012, 01:46: pm Seems like I got a lot of shots in the bottom as a child, but in reality, I probably had maybe 5 or 6 that I can remember, most being penicillin shots for severe throat / ear infections, all given by the nurse at my doctor's office. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: How common were injections in the posterior? Author: Nick [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2014, 07:23: pm Having grown up in the era of penicillin shots, every visit I recall ended with me pulling everything down to my ankles and bending over the receptionist's lap to get one. When I wasn't ill and just went for a routine medical, I usually got a booster shot the same way. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]