Does drinking more water cause your veins to become more visible?
Yes, but only temporarily. Water is dumped into your bloodstream, but your body, through the process of homeostasis, balances the water dispersal to make sure your veins don't burst. Just don't drink too much water too quickly and you should be fine.
How do I find the veins that are hidden in my body but that I can inject meth into?
Mostly trial and error, but there are some things you can do to make the deeper veins more visible.Tie off. Sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't. If it doesn't help make a vein more visible, abandon it. Making a vein pop up is a tourniquet's only purpose, if it fails in this, it only becomes a complication. Stay hydrated. It's much easier to hit a vein when you've had adequate fluid intake.Taking a hot bath or shower helps veins stand out. Poking around when you're cold is a sure fire way to miss.Excercise vigorously for a few minutes before attempting to inject. Increasing blood flow makes veins easier to see.Use longer needles. You'll typically have to go 29 gauge or larger, but keep in mind that insulin isn't meant to be injected intravenously, so diabetic injection equipment is prescribed based on a person's skin thickness (and other factors, too, but the point here, no pun intended, is to shit can the short needle).Picture what you're attempting to do in your mind's eye before you attempt it. The more perpendicular the angle of injection (needle to vein), the smaller the cross section you have to hit. Get that needle in the vein like it's going into a sheath, and always toward the heart. If you're going deeper, be careful not to hit an artery. You'll know it if you do... Bright red (highly oxygenated) arterial blood will register in the syringe with much force, but before that happens, you'll feel an unpleasant, painful, tingly sensation. Pain is subjective, your mileage may vary. Avoid arteries.Experiment with lights of different intensity and wavelength. If you find one that makes spotting a vein easier, use it.When you find a vein, remember what you did to hit it. This goes along with picturing what you're doing before you do it. Remember the location, and the depth and the angle. Trace the vein under your skin with your fingertips, while closing your eyes. You'd be surprised that you can often feel what you cannot see. Good luck, and please be careful. If you can find an experienced shooter you trust, enlist their aid.
Why are the veins on my hands so prominent?
Veins!! Love them!!! Vascularity ( it starts from your limbs then you notice it on the shoulders and things and lastly abs) is enhanced by extremely low body fat (usually below 10%) and low retained water- not necessarily dehydration, as well as the muscle pump after a workout. Geneticswill affect vascularity too, as will hot temperature.
Why do my veins pop out after I take a hot shower?
Heat increases blood flow and makes vessels dilate (or widen). This is why your face gets flush when you are hot or after working out. Cold water would do the opposite and make veins constrict, like when you get paler during cold weather. This is why you put an ice pack on an injury or bruise (to restrict flow) and you put a warm compress on a chronic injury (to increase flow).
Why are my veins turning brown?
U got varicose veins. These are veins that got occlusions along the span of the veins and therefore the flow of blood back to the heart is affected. Common factor here is when the viscosity of the blood is increased. Ur blood became thicker and so the blood cannot flow freely. This happened because of water shortage in the body. When U lack water, the other tissues of the body also gets water from the bld. So to correct it, take more water to hydrate ur body sufficiently. When this occurs, there will be more bld in the vessels and so the blood becomes more diluted and its flow will be easier and free flowing. Do not commit the mistake of taking any fluid in exchange of water. Coffee, tea, sodas, chocolates and alcoholic beverages are dehydrating substances and will make ur condition worse and not better. Take water as follows: Dissolve 1/4 tsp sea salt into 1 quart of water. Depending on ur size, take this as follows: 16-24 ounces upon waking up in the morning and at bedtime, 8-16 ounces half hr before meals and 2 and a half hrs after meals. Take additional 8 ounces when U pass urine. If swelling in ur feet occurs, stop the salt for 2 days and then resume it when the swelling subsides. Salt holds water and this will help U get ur body better hydrated. Together with water, take abt 350 mg of magnesium daily. Magnesium improves the quality of bld vessels as well as the bld itself. U cld also apply magnesium over the areas where the veins are very prominent. This will help U resolve their unpleasant looks.
Why do doctors and nurses always say I have small veins?
They say that because you do have small veins. What else would they mean? Some people’s veins are small which can mean a few things. 1. You might be dehydrated so your veins do not carry the full amount of blood needed to expand them. 2. your veins are truly small. More likely in a less active, smaller, older person, especially female. 3. You veins are contracted due to cold, nervousness, medication or illness.You can help things along by making sure to drink more the day before and the day of the procedure. Ask your dr if any medications you take might contribute and if it would be safe to not take them the day before or the day of. And last but in no way least, warm up you and your your arm. Make sure you are warm, even slightly too warm with a warm drink and warm clothing and you can even put a warm/hot (not uncomforable tho) compress on your arm 10–15 min before the blood draw. Even 5 minutes will help but most technicians and nurses don't have the time to wait. So when you get to the clinic, ask if they are backed up or if you should apply it now. You can get instant heat packs or bring a heating pad if there is a plug. A hot water bottle would work if their tap water is hot enough or even a towel soaked in hot water and places in a zip top bag will work. If they are always on time, get there ahead enough to set up and apply the heat before your scheduled time. You might even consider asking the technician or your dr in advance which veins are best so you know where to apply the heat.
My veins in my legs and arms show a lot more when in the shower or bath?
You have venodilation, or dilation of the vessels. This is normal when you exercise and when you are warm. Warm blood is delivered to the to the skin as a way to dissipate body heat to cool your core temperature. The opposite occurs when you are cold. You conserve heat when your veins constrict, and shunt blood from the surface of your body to preserve your core temperature.