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A member asked:

After i get stitches, is it ok to eat pork, or do i need to watch what i eat?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Food and Medicine: There would be no food restrictions when you are healing with stitches.

Answered 3/12/2017

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Very safe!!: There are multiple types and places of stitches. Silk, nylon, prolene, Vicryl, and many absorbables. Where are the stitches, that is relevant also.

Answered 6/10/2018

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