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Is a bone marrow biopsy painful? Most people need only local anesthesia, as bone marrow aspiration, in particular, can cause brief, but sharp, pain. Individuals are fully awake during the procedure, but the aspiration and biopsy site will be numbed to reduce pain.
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are there options?
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if not, here you go:
"Normal saline infusion is used for extracellular fluid replacement (e.g., dehydration, hypovolemia, hemorrhage, sepsis), treatment of metabolic alkalosis in the presence of fluid loss, and for mild sodium depletion. Normal saline can aslo be used as a flush -- to clean out an intravenous (IV) catheter."
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