Help! Redness on abdomen

[Mandat89 28]

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

[orionburn 1,023]

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.

[Mandat89 28]

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

[rubia72 200]

Please call and see your primary and surgeon please

[pccooper 2]

Call doctor asap or go to emergency room

[dream.maker 37]

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

[Finally17 54]

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!

[jjsasha 18]

It could be an infection or allergic reaction, OR just the fact that you had major surgery. Hang in there!

[Navigating the Wilderness 824]

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.

[FLLyssa 27]

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.

[tinytummy17 62]

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

[chuswysly 122]

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!

[call911 1]

Mandat89? How are you feeling now? Did you see a Doctor?

[Angel22717 5]

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!