Sentences with phrase «needle prick»

Despite his careful efforts, he contracted Hepatitis C from an accidental needle prick.

She's able to feel your touch or a needle prick, but can't move or respond.

In all probability, the only pain your dog will feel is the needle prick once the solution is injected into the vein.

In the United States a heel stick test (using a needle prick on the baby's heel for a small blood sample) is done at the ripe old age of 3 days old to test for Phenylketonuria (PKU) and other disorders.

Examining a person for evidence of a bat bite is unreliable, because a bat bite can be no bigger than a needle prick.

Like the tiny little needle prick is what bothers you when you feel like your whole middle is about to explode?

For example, since they all thought the Middle Ages believed the universe was small and cozy, we read the passage in Ptolemy's Almagest where he concludes that the universe is unimaginably vast, and calls the whole earth (which Eratosthenes had accurately measured as about 8,000 miles in diameter) a needle prick compared with the universe; and we read Boethius» Consolation of Philosophy, which popularized this idea; and even a typical sermon that used the idea to show how great God was to have created such an enormous universe.

There is little pain, little room for error, and no likelihood that an accidental needle prick will spread germs to the clinician.

Sometimes getting a needle prick at the doctors may feel like Russian roulette.

25 percent of the acupuncture group experienced side effects from the nonexistent needle pricks, including 19 people who felt pain and 4 whose skin became red or swollen.

It basically means protecting your eyes, mouth, nose, and hands, and avoiding needle pricks.

«It's subclinical, just a bit higher than background, little needle pricks rather than a sledgehammer blow.

Even better, taking the needle out of the inoculation process could also help prevent the accidental transmission of Ebola, as well as other diseases, such as HIV, that might otherwise spread from unintentional needle pricks and unsafe handling of medical wastes.

Painful procedures such as needle pricks can impact early brain development.

[Pulls up her shirtsleeves to show the needle pricks and bruises on her arms]

Proponents say that the combo saves Spot multiple needle pricks, and saves you and your vet time and money.

Bundle your insurance and save yourself some needle pricks.

My waking hours, I felt as if I had millions of tiny needles pricking me.

Not exact matches

The blood tests require just one quick prick of a needle on your baby's heel to collect a blood sample.

Acupuncture is a system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.

To do the tests, a nurse will prick your baby's heel with a needle to collect a blood sample, and may do a simple check of his hearing.

Medical interventions can also cause areas of the body to become numb or feel as though the skin is being pricked by pins and needles.

«I'd rather get a needle than get pricked,» the Bronx Democrat said, as he squeezed a small ball in one hand.

While working with a lab animal, she inadvertently pricks her finger with a needle containing Ebola virus.

Not knowing firsthand the tremendous force of addiction, it seems monstrous to us that someone could trade a child's love for the prick of a needle.

In summer 2012, Eliasen braced himself for the prick of a needle on his forearm.

Among those saying they'd be willing to undergo rapid HIV testing in a dental setting, 76 per cent preferred an oral saliva swab, 15 per cent preferred a pin prick test, and eight per cent preferred a traditional blood test that draws blood through a needle.

Outside of two laboratory accidents in Russia where individuals accidentally pricked themselves with Ebola - laden needles, this represents the first case of someone contracting Ebola outside Africa.

«If you run a needle into the skin of your hand, at first you feel a pricking pain and then, after a delay of about one second, a wave of burning pain,» says physiologist Herman Handwerker of the University of Erlangen - Nuremberg in Germany.

Common skin - prick tests, in which a person is scratched by a needle coated with proteins from a suspect food, produce signs of irritation 50 to 60 percent of the time even when the person is not actually allergic.

Many patients require monitoring of their blood — diabetics, for example, must prick themselves with needles to elicit blood for determining their glucose levels.

Best for: All kinds of pain Why it works: A recent study conducted in the emergency department of a hospital showed promising results of the ancient practice of pricking needles into the skin at specific pressure points.

I hate needles and blood pricks!!

The process here is simple: you prick your finger with a small needle, put a drop of blood on a test strip, and feed it into the meter, which analyzes the blood and tells you your current blood sugar levels.

You shouldn't feel any pain beyond a small prick from the needle in your arm.

It was very impressive: never in my life have I seen so many cacti together (and have I been pricked by cactus needles so many times in a row)!

Day - Lewis handles a needle beautifully, his fingertips dry and splitting, punctured with pin - pricked blood spots.

My right leg burned from knee to hip, as if pricked by hundreds of hot needles.

In reality, this move by Amazon is more of a needle / thorn with which to prick traditional publishing.

My sister held a piece of cotton over the fingertip she had pricked with her sewing needle.

Acupuncture comes from the latin words acus (= needle) and pungere (= prick) and is nothing more than pin pointing anatomically the exactly - defined acupuncture points and thus stimulating the nervous system.

Offer a treat as you touch your cat with the needle, a little prick (without injecting anything).

The term acupuncture is from the Latin, «acus» meaning «needle» and «punctura» meaning «to prick».

Hillary yelped a little from the prick of the needle.

A tiny prick may be felt when needles are inserted, and sometimes a duller, deeper sensation when the needles hit the acupuncture points.

It is a tiny pin prick, and is the same kind of needle we use to give vaccines.

The needles are small, and when administered in the scruff of the neck while the dog is eating, the dog may not even notice the prick.

But with each question she winced inwardly, as if pricked by an unseen needle.

Her self - titled first retrospective, opening this month at the MCA Chicago and touring to the Guggenheim in June, will include new textile - based installations such as Disremembered, a group of raw - silk garments pricked by 12,000 needles.

I remember feeling like the cold was physically gripping my legs, the other surprise was that occasionally my saliva would freeze into needles that would prick my lips.»