A 27-year-old female asked:
I have prostoprative inflammation..
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Dr. Robert Greeranswered
Family Medicine 46 years experience
Important to surgeon: Let the surgeon know.
It maybe nothing or very important, the dr needs to know.
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Dr. Thomas Fialaanswered
Plastic Surgery 35 years experience
If you have: Redness of the incision, heat near the incision, fever or increasing pain, it also might be a postoperative infection. Best to check with your surgeon.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What is inflammation?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Response of body: Inflammation is the response of body to many insults, e.g., infection, chemical injury, radiation, trauma, tissue necrosis. Acute inflammation has pain, redness, swelling, warmth and loss of function.
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