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Had surgery 3/14 redness around incisions, they're warm to touch. Have bad pain in the upper left part of my abdomen, internallyIMG_0610.thumb.JPG.36060f8ec3d3a60dc0fc07766d6415aa.JPG. Can't get comfortable no matter what I do. Haven't slept much at all.

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Call your doctor this morning to be on the safe side. Warmness is typically a sign of a potential infection so not something to mess with. A phone call is never going to hurt to the doc to get their opinion.

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Call your doctor this morning to be on the safe side. Warmness is typically a sign of a potential infection so not something to mess with. A phone call is never going to hurt to the doc to get their opinion.


I called and left a message also paged him


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My hole stomach turned red and was hot to the touch turns out I had a allergic reaction to what they scrub before surgery. I am 4 weeks and still red my skin got burnt not hot anymore though



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My hole stomach turned red and was hot to the touch turns out I had a allergic reaction to what they scrub before surgery. I am 4 weeks and still red my skin got burnt not hot anymore though





I'm allergic to latex tape. Don't know if that could be a possibility for you.
Hope you learn what's wrong and get better soon!


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So did you call your doctor and get a response? One of my incisions was infected at it looked very much like the one on your left. It too was very warm.

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Just saw your picture, hope you got in touch with your primary or surgeon. Looks like you should be on some antibiotics. I had that with my hystetectomy and they said it was cellulitis and put me on antibiotics oral and topical.



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I had a similar thing and it was due to an allergic reaction. Like others said call your doctor if you haven't.



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Hope you took the advice of the previous comments and contacted your primary care physician.........please don't try to second guess what's going on for you!


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My surgery was on 2/27. Two weeks post op, my incisions did the same thing. Went to dr for post-op exam, and told him the incisions were a little itchy as well as red and slightly hot. He examined me, and it turns out that I was allergic to the surgical tape that was used during surgery. No infection, just a nasty little allergy, that made me extremely uncomfortable. Solution: liquid benedryl and spray benedryl. (The spray can only be used once a day, and after the 14 day post surgical period.) after 4 days doing the benedryl, the redness suddenly stopped, and the etreme itching was completely gone. My surgical nurse called me everyday while I was on the benedryl....and I went back in for a little check the next week. It was fine. It is something that happens from time to time!


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