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Re: stitches

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:36:57 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 14 Nov 2002, crissy wrote: >
>I gave birth to my 2nd daughter almost a year ago now. I was told to
>have a small 1st degree tear and had stitches. After a few days it just
>didn't feel right like i had been stitched crooked, or something was
>stitched that shouldn't have been. Intercourse has been irritating to
>that area ever since and it is sensitive to touch like a bruise. It
>feels too tight on one side and like there's a sharp lump under the
>skin. I think there may have been a piece of muscle caught in a stitch
>that shouldn't have. Also some of the skin that use to be loose no
>longer is. It seems to be fixed in place. I figured maybe it would
>just correct itself and stretch into place, but that doesn't seem to be
>happening. I'm afraid to go back to my doctor with this incase trying
>to repair it just causes more damage. It doesn't look bad, but I can
>see that it isn't right, and it hurts. Is it common for women to have
>these sort of problems after stitches? Is it likely that this could be
>easily repaired?
>I'm wishing I'd said I didn't want the stitches.

These things happens and takes sometime to disappeared( more than expected) perhaps with massaging the place with a finger ointed in some vaseline, or go toyour Dr. and see.

-- Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol Buenos Aires Argentina

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