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Was it safe to have placed a heating blanket over my body 3 days after et?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It doesn't do: all that much. Putting heat to the point of damage would be bad but heating blankets are regulated to not do that.

Answered 10/29/2015

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