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A member asked:

Doctors, do you think i can die from having air in a syringe?

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Dr. Glenn Messina answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

Yes: If the syringe is in the skin or muscle probably not. If it is in a vein yes air can kill you. The volume of air would have to be more than a few cc,s so a bubble likely will have no harm . The air will act like an embolus or clot traveling to the lungs

Dr Schneider agreed

Answered 10/18/2014

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