WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: fever after hysterectomy

Re: fever after hysterectomy

From: Patti Tessler, Family Nurse Practitioner (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:17:29 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 19 Mar 2001, zapsy wrote: >
>my wife delivered by caesarian on 5th march and left hospital after
>aweek on 13th march. she was fine.on the 16 evening she was bleeding
>heavily and was hospitalised. the gynac curayed her and packed her up
>and hoped it would stop.next day she opened the packing but the bleeding
>was still heavy so she did a laproscopy and hysterectomy to save her
>life.
>the problem is that after the operation she is having persistent fever
>of 100 degrees for the last 5 days. they hve pumped a lot of
>antibiotics in her but the fever still persists.the fever is sometimes
>accompanied with chills.otherwise her wound is healing okay but we are
>worried as they have still not found out the reason for fever.can any
>one suggest some remedies or investigationsas we are worried.

I hope the problem is resolved by now. I suggest that you ask her doctors what tests have been done, and what tests they are considering in the future. That will give you a lot of information on what's happening. If you have questions about their responses, please write back.

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Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS
Family Nurse Practitioner

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