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Help! Redness on abdomen

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


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!


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.

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.



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



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!


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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