A blood test uses a relatively large diameter needle and it has to be in the vein for a while. If the person drawing the blood is skilled and you have veins that are relatively large, close to the surface of the skin and so easily seen, the process can be pretty quick. But it can involve multiple pokes and that can get a little uncomfortable.
The Covid vaccine uses a needle that's much thinner and only about a centimetre long, it is normally injected into the muscle of the upper arm, and the amount of vaccine in the syringe is small. The process literally takes a few seconds: the person administering the vaccine wipes a sterilising pad on the site for the injection, sticks the tiny needle in, pushes the plunger down, pulls the needle out, and presses the sterilising wipe on the point of injection to stop any blood seeping out. Giving injections like this doesn't require much skill, and the people giving these vaccines have had a hell of a lot of practice lately.
If you're squeamish about such things, look away once you feel the damp wipe on your arm. As Haunted says, it shouldn't feel any worse than a pinch.
My wife worked on the donation side of the Dutch blood transfusion service, and she's very clear that even a highly-skilled and much-experienced person can have huge problems getting a needle in a vein with some people.
My mother-in-law apparently has horrible arm veins in the sense that they're tiny, deep and tend to slide away when touched with a needle, so her having a blood sample taken is almost always a traumatic experience for her with multiple sticks required. The fact that she's a drama-queen and so phobic about blood that she tends to pass out when she sees even a drop of it makes the process almost as traumatic for the person drawing the blood.
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A blood test uses a relatively large diameter needle and it has to be in the vein for a while. If the person drawing the blood is skilled and you have veins that are relatively large, close to the surface of the skin and so easily seen, the process can be pretty quick. But it can involve multiple pokes and that can get a little uncomfortable.
The Covid vaccine uses a needle that's much thinner and only about a centimetre long, it is normally injected into the muscle of the upper arm, and the amount of vaccine in the syringe is small. The process literally takes a few seconds: the person administering the vaccine wipes a sterilising pad on the site for the injection, sticks the tiny needle in, pushes the plunger down, pulls the needle out, and presses the sterilising wipe on the point of injection to stop any blood seeping out. Giving injections like this doesn't require much skill, and the people giving these vaccines have had a hell of a lot of practice lately.
If you're squeamish about such things, look away once you feel the damp wipe on your arm. As Haunted says, it shouldn't feel any worse than a pinch.
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If you get someone skilled doing your blood test you will not feel anything.
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That's generally true, however...
My wife worked on the donation side of the Dutch blood transfusion service, and she's very clear that even a highly-skilled and much-experienced person can have huge problems getting a needle in a vein with some people.
My mother-in-law apparently has horrible arm veins in the sense that they're tiny, deep and tend to slide away when touched with a needle, so her having a blood sample taken is almost always a traumatic experience for her with multiple sticks required. The fact that she's a drama-queen and so phobic about blood that she tends to pass out when she sees even a drop of it makes the process almost as traumatic for the person drawing the blood.
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I literally had blood tests my entire life and am phobic of needles. I went to a meps doctor and I didn't feel anything.