Re: Fever and stitch abscess?
From: Michelle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Apr 30 18:22:52 2007
Hello,
I am the original poster responding to the post at the bottom of this!
Thanks also to those who responded to my question. It has taken my
incision about two weeks to not drain so much. My low grade fever is
finally going away too.
I did notice that my scars had hard areas around them, especially the
one that was draining. I have heard this is fairly common.
I also have had the nausea and get cold easy. I am tired always. It
takes some time. For some reason this surgery is taking longer than
others.
I would monitor your temp and continue to watch the incisions. You
could look at the advice Dr. Daiter gave me earlier. Of course, use
your own judgement and keep your doctors updated.
Good Luck,
Michelle
At Mon, 30 Apr 2007, lora wrote:
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>At Wed, 25 Apr 2007, M wrote:
>>
>>Hey Michelle
>>I had a laparatomy done in Jan of 07 and had some leaking, etc with the
>>incision. Mine leaked a little blood and brownish color stuff. I had
>>thought it was a sign of infection, but apparently not always. I called
>>my doc and talked to a friend of the family that's a nurse and they told
>>me to use warm compress and to cover it so we could see how much it was
>>leaking.
>>However I didn't run a fever except for one day. The problems with the
>>incision only lasted like a couple days and was very little drainage.
>>Hope this helps some.
>>M
>>At Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Michelle wrote:
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Three weeks after my surgery I started leaking all kinds of stuff from
>>>the belly button incision. I was told this is likely a stitch abscess;
>>>this makes a lot of sense to me and I do agree. However, I have also
>>>had a constant low-grade fever for six days (maybe longer, but I didn't
>>>know my thermometer was broken). My fever is between 99.2 to 100.0.
>>>Anyone else have this happen? It isn't high, but is making me more tired
>>>(and more thirsty). Naturally, my period has also started adding severe
>>>cramps.
>>>The first few periods after a surgery are always the worst!
>>>
>>>Please let me know if the above has happened to you. How long did it
>>>take for the incision to stop bleeding and leaking?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>
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>I also had surgery laproscopic. 5 incisions were made to remove a 6 cm cyst. At first the doctor thought it was just an ovarian cyst and later found out that it is endometriosis. Well since then i have had problems and am not sure if i'm out of the red. Last week one of my incisions started leaking pus and clear liquid pretty bad. I went to the doctor and he said it was draining and keep gauze on it. He prescribed levaquin. It has been a week and the incison in still leaking. Not letting up much either. Two other incision marks have hard knots around them that are about two inches around it. Is this normal? How long before i can go back to work also? I have no fever either. But am very cold a lot and keep having nausea. I am constantly tired too. Anybody else ever have problems like this?
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