Blood in cannula

[Type1singlemum]

Can anyone help? Or has this happened to anyone...
I have been on the Medtronic 640 pump for nearly 4 years and this morning woke up to my cannula tubing red (blood looked like). I immediately changed the whole set and placed on a new one. No blood or bruising at site I took off.
4-5 hours later the tubing again pink / red. I called my diabetic team (they had not heard of before I was told to call Metronic direct - I did they advised to change set and area again) I have done this again.
now this evening again the same thing pinky red colour to the tubing which should be transparent.
Has this happened to anyone before?
Nothing has changed for me, no new medication, I am putting the set on as I have done for years.
Bloods are fine, insulin still going into body etc so my pump is working. The blood looking tube is just concerning me.
Thank you in advance

 

[Inka]

Hi @T1D Girl I had a milder version of that soon after I first started pumping many years ago. Blood went up the tubing.

I’d change the cartridge/reservoir as well as the set and cannula. I’d also check the pump itself to make sure it was ok eg is the casing intact, etc. I’d change before a meal so I could immediately bolus to push through some insulin.

I insert all my sets by hand but if you’re using an inserter, I’d maybe check that too or get a new one just in case there’s something going on with that.

I never really found the cause of mine, but assumed I’d hit a small blood vessel and some blood was leaking back up the cannula into the tubing.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I’ve only had a little blood in the cannula itself (only seen when I change the infusion site), not in the tubing.

There was a post from many years ago

Blood in cannula

I checked my BG in an hour ago and was happy with 6.2. For some unknown reason I decided to check just now and it had shot up to 11 which I wasn't expecting so I decided to change my cannula. I was very surprised to find blood in the cannula and around the infusion site. Any thoughts as to what...

forum.diabetes.org.uk

and this from (mostly US based) TuDiabetes

Blood In pump tubing

So this evening I was changing my pump because yet again the outer tube broke and only the inner tubing was intact at the insulin holder thingy. I noticed there was blood in the tube… it wasnt much but i could see it. I have been on the pump for almost 3 years and this has never happened to me...

forum.tudiabetes.org

Certainly worth mentioning to your DSN if you are able to drop them a line in the current climate?

 

[trophywench]

Occasionally I've had either a teensy bit of blood around the inner bits of a cannula or even less often - an absolute spurter when whipping one off. Both caused by inserter needle going straight through a peripheral vein and out the other side.