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A member asked:
Is there any way to safely go swimming with a pd catheter, in lakes? is there a dressing that is waterproof that i can get to go swimming?
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I do not recommend: Most of the time these pd caths leak, the fluid is two way street, since this goes to you peritoneal cavity you might have infection from the swiming water. There are very thin plastic dressing but that might not hold.
Answered 3/31/2014
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