Tummy Tuck: Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen
Ring 112 med det samme ved brystsmerter i hvile, svær åndenød, besvimelse, tegn på slagtilfælde (hængende mundvig, svaghed i armen, sløret tale), blødning der ikke kan stoppes, eller tanker om at gøre skade på dig selv. Vent ikke til inden for åbningstid.
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- Sudden severe shortness of breath or chest pain (PE concern — abdominoplasty is a high-risk procedure for this)
- Severe calf pain with swelling, warmth, and redness (DVT concern)
- Heavy arterial bleeding from incision or drain sites
- Sudden severe abdominal pain with rigid abdomen (bowel injury or abdominal compartment concern)
- Loss of consciousness, near-syncope, or signs of hemorrhage (pallor, tachycardia, dizziness)
- Wound dehiscence with exposed tissue
- Umbilical necrosis (dark discoloration of the umbilicus)
- High fever with rapidly spreading redness (necrotizing soft tissue infection concern)
- Fever above 38.5C without other clear cause
- Increasing redness, warmth, or drainage at the incision
- New or worsening swelling that is asymmetric or focal (hematoma or seroma concern)
- Increasing pain after the expected improvement period
- Drain output suddenly increases or changes to frankly bloody
- Persistent numbness with skin color change (flap compromise)
- Foul-smelling wound drainage
- Inability to urinate or severe abdominal distension
- New bulging at the midline (plication failure concern)
Hav dine oplysninger klar, når du ringer
- Navnet på din operation (Tummy Tuck) og datoen for din operation
- Din aktuelle temperatur
- Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
- Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
- En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)