Sweat In Port Dressing?

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm.

It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no moisture buildup under there. If I see it is damp after a warm shower I change it.

Is this ok? What do I do? If you workout and sweat is that ok? If everything is sealed still is the moistuere hurting?

btw how long do you leave the same dressing on?

I go 2-3days with a dressing and leave same needle for 1 week.

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm.

It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no moisture buildup under there. If I see it is damp after a warm shower I change it.

Is this ok? What do I do? If you workout and sweat is that ok? If everything is sealed still is the moistuere hurting?

btw how long do you leave the same dressing on?

I go 2-3days with a dressing and leave same needle for 1 week.

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm.

It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no moisture buildup under there. If I see it is damp after a warm shower I change it.

Is this ok? What do I do? If you workout and sweat is that ok? If everything is sealed still is the moistuere hurting?

btw how long do you leave the same dressing on?

I go 2-3days with a dressing and leave same needle for 1 week.

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm.

It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no moisture buildup under there. If I see it is damp after a warm shower I change it.

Is this ok? What do I do? If you workout and sweat is that ok? If everything is sealed still is the moistuere hurting?

btw how long do you leave the same dressing on?

I go 2-3days with a dressing and leave same needle for 1 week.

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm.

It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no moisture buildup under there. If I see it is damp after a warm shower I change it.

Is this ok? What do I do? If you workout and sweat is that ok? If everything is sealed still is the moistuere hurting?

btw how long do you leave the same dressing on?

I go 2-3days with a dressing and leave same needle for 1 week.

mom2lillian · Jun 13, 2007

I have never done IV's in summer before except when I had a PICC once and this didnt seem to happen on my arm.

It has only been accessed for 7 hours and I already have a sweaty buildup under the dressing from beign hot. Now since I normally do these in winter I am pretty picky about no moisture buildup under there. If I see it is damp after a warm shower I change it.

Is this ok? What do I do? If you workout and sweat is that ok? If everything is sealed still is the moistuere hurting?

btw how long do you leave the same dressing on?

I go 2-3days with a dressing and leave same needle for 1 week.

Emily65Roses · Jun 13, 2007

You got the needles right, they stay one week. Dressings are pretty much up to you, so long as they get changed every once and a while (and they have to at least once a week for the change of needle). The sweat is going to happen. There's not much you can do about it. If it really drives you nuts, you can change the dressing every day. But it's not likely to hurt anything. As long as it's the sweat that is from the part under the tape, that part of your skin is inside anyway.

In short, I always get sweat under my port dressing (I usually do my IVs in the summer), and I ignore it. I just change it when I normally would anyway.

Emily65Roses · Jun 13, 2007

You got the needles right, they stay one week. Dressings are pretty much up to you, so long as they get changed every once and a while (and they have to at least once a week for the change of needle). The sweat is going to happen. There's not much you can do about it. If it really drives you nuts, you can change the dressing every day. But it's not likely to hurt anything. As long as it's the sweat that is from the part under the tape, that part of your skin is inside anyway.

In short, I always get sweat under my port dressing (I usually do my IVs in the summer), and I ignore it. I just change it when I normally would anyway.

Emily65Roses · Jun 13, 2007

You got the needles right, they stay one week. Dressings are pretty much up to you, so long as they get changed every once and a while (and they have to at least once a week for the change of needle). The sweat is going to happen. There's not much you can do about it. If it really drives you nuts, you can change the dressing every day. But it's not likely to hurt anything. As long as it's the sweat that is from the part under the tape, that part of your skin is inside anyway.

In short, I always get sweat under my port dressing (I usually do my IVs in the summer), and I ignore it. I just change it when I normally would anyway.

Emily65Roses · Jun 13, 2007

You got the needles right, they stay one week. Dressings are pretty much up to you, so long as they get changed every once and a while (and they have to at least once a week for the change of needle). The sweat is going to happen. There's not much you can do about it. If it really drives you nuts, you can change the dressing every day. But it's not likely to hurt anything. As long as it's the sweat that is from the part under the tape, that part of your skin is inside anyway.

In short, I always get sweat under my port dressing (I usually do my IVs in the summer), and I ignore it. I just change it when I normally would anyway.

Emily65Roses · Jun 13, 2007

You got the needles right, they stay one week. Dressings are pretty much up to you, so long as they get changed every once and a while (and they have to at least once a week for the change of needle). The sweat is going to happen. There's not much you can do about it. If it really drives you nuts, you can change the dressing every day. But it's not likely to hurt anything. As long as it's the sweat that is from the part under the tape, that part of your skin is inside anyway.

In short, I always get sweat under my port dressing (I usually do my IVs in the summer), and I ignore it. I just change it when I normally would anyway.

Emily65Roses · Jun 13, 2007

You got the needles right, they stay one week. Dressings are pretty much up to you, so long as they get changed every once and a while (and they have to at least once a week for the change of needle). The sweat is going to happen. There's not much you can do about it. If it really drives you nuts, you can change the dressing every day. But it's not likely to hurt anything. As long as it's the sweat that is from the part under the tape, that part of your skin is inside anyway.

In short, I always get sweat under my port dressing (I usually do my IVs in the summer), and I ignore it. I just change it when I normally would anyway.

LouLou · Jun 13, 2007