• Question: Is there any ways to ease the pain of an injection?

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Daren Fearon answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      We can use local anaesthetics to numb areas before injections. These can come in creams or wipes but are generally only used when the injection is a particularly large needle.

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      Phillip Manning answered on 25 Jun 2014:

      If the injection is done correctly, it should not hurt at all. Sometime simply looking away helps. Otherwise, if they are extensive injections, then a local anaesthetic works.

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      anon answered on 25 Jun 2014:

      I used to think injections were really painful because I got really scared of them beforehand. Then one day I went to the dentist and she tricked me into having an injection when I had my eyes closed. It really wasn’t that bad. Since then I’ve tried to stay calmer before having injections and they hurt a lot less!

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