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My son has an appendectomy 5 weeks ago. what are symptoms of a suture allergy? he has had severe pain since. sutures have broken through incision.
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Body extruding fb: sutures are a foreign body, and your son's body will push them out, most likely subcutaneous sutures, should be okay if no fever and no vomiting
Answered 5/5/2016
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