Keloids on needle site???

[Amanda From OZ]

Hello,

I have just woken up to find a huge keloid on my fistula arm, where i insert my arterial needle (buttonhole technique). Any advice of what to do?? its painful and sore... anyone else experienced this??

 

Amanda

[Rerun]

For those who don't know what a keloid is:  http://www.phudson.com/SCAR/keloid.html

[Panda_9]

Has this just popped up suddenly? I get keloid scars too, they are sooo annoying. They can form at the buttonhole site. My arterial is slightly more fleshy than the venous and I get quite a bit of pain when taking the scab off and cannulating. I would suggest you see your clinic about it, but if you are still able to cannulate without trouble, then I think its fine. I have huge scarring from when they re-operated on my fistula to superficialise it, I didn't think it would go keloid, as the original scar from the creation of the fistula was a really thin scar. Now its this hideous beast looking thing. The fistula scar on my other arm didn't go this way either! Sorry for getting off topic. Did I mention how damn hard it is to scratch an area where there is a keloid scar?!?!!

[Amanda From OZ]

YES!! its so annoying.... it was so painful to Canulate today... not to mention itchy... the doctor told me they can be treated by steroid injections..... have you heard about this??

Thanks for the info

Amanda