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Results from IV drugs use

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My brother is clean about a month and before he got clean was very badly beaten where his ribs were broke among other things. they have been xraying him alot checking on the healing and just 2 days ago found a mass on his spine... I have heard something about iv drug useres and masses on their spines but cant seem to narrow anything down... does anyone know what this may be.. he said he was a clean user... and perhaps he was but near the end he was soo desperate...
thanks for any help
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i dont know about spine ulsers but i was a clean needle user and i still got infections in my arms so i suppose its possible.
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I have never heard anything like or about this and I am pretty knowledgable in the areas of drug abuse.
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It's easy to try and connect the dot's with drugs, like saying mental illness is due to drug use, but there's so many outside issues(for. ex., was it already there, diet, lifestyle). I've used massive amounts of I.V. drugs and never heard of this.
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found it....bone and joint infections( the most commonly involved joint and bone are knee and lumbosacral spine), you dont have to share needles for this it comes from the puncture of the skin... if anythingis there
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Sounds kinda strange since obviously the puncturing of the skin was probably not near the base of the spine...
Makes we wonder if puncturing in the only factor then what about tattoos and piercings?
Anyway just a curiousity since I happened upon the thread.
As far as "clean" user versus "dirty" honestly I have no clue becuase I was a black out drinker and could quite literally wake up in different cities next to people I never met etc... so there is no telling really what all I have done or not done. The only thing I know for certain is that if I use any drug (not prescription meds as I need those for mental health) or drink any alcohol then all bets are off as to what happens next so it is much safer for me to stay completely clean/sober.
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never heard of such of course blood clots can for and move around and cause bad stuff and infections from unclean practices impurities in dope but never heard anything like that sorry cant help
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