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How do you know if you have an infection with your stitches or whether its just normal after a minor op eg sewlling redness puss?
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∙ 12y ago
A small degree of swelling and redness is normal. Pus is not. If you're showing pus, you've got an infection. Get on it ASAP and do not treat this at home. The doc has to fix it.
Other things to look out for are oral temps over 99.5F, extreme hotness or redness at the site, dark lines radiating from the site, any discharge that isn't blood or clean serus fluid, and extreme pain at the site.
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