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How do you calm down when you have to get Injections? Whats a physical?
im scared. i have to get 5 shots tommaorw! help! how can i calm down? also whats a physical? i also have to get one of them!
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Lets start with the shots first. I don't think anyone likes getting shots. Now for me I'm nosey and I like to know what is coming so I watch everything and find it hurts less when I watch the doctor or the nurse give me a shot.
Most people prefer not to know what is going on so I suggest they just turn their head away and let the doctor or nurse do their thing. It might help to listen to music or read a book whichever you find most calming.
The shot itself really does not hurt all that much when given. It is afterwards when they give them into a muscle that becomes bothersome. If you get a shot into a muscle keep working or flexing the muscle afterwards to help the muscle recover from what is an injury to it.
As to a physical there is nothing to be concerned. You have probably had them in the past and never really knew it. Depending on your age and sex there are different types of physicals a doctor will do. None of them hurt, even if the doctor requires a blood sample.
In general they will get your height and weight. Take your blood pressure, pulse, temperature and check you CO levels. The CO level is a little item the place on your finger for a moment that measure how much oxygen is in your blood. They may also do and EKG which is nothing more than putting some things on your chest that then can attach leads from a machine that measures how well your heart is working. It is painless and takes longer to set up then it takes for the machine to do its job.
Then the doctor will come in and do moist of the normal things that have been done to you when you have visited when not feeling well. If you are female and have had your first period the doctor will most likely want to do a pelvic exam. Here again it is painless, maybe a little embarrassing, although it shouldn't be and needs to be done yearly from now on for early detection of things that could effect you reproduction system. IF your a male the doctor will want to check fro hernias.
That is really all there is to it. Nothing to be worried about or scared about. It doesn't hurt and for the most part different parts of the exam you have most likely experienced before. The whole thing shouldn't take more than a half hour or so.
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Yikes! I also hate shots. What I do is bring my music player, blast it and start singing along with my favorite song while they're doing it. I also keep my eyes closed.
Also, a physical is a check up where you undress and change into the gown and the doctor checks you for lumps and that your physically in good health. The doctor will probably press on your stomach, ribcage, etc. It's no biggy :)
Best of luck!
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