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How Long The Low Grade Fever Last After Knee Replacement Surgery?
My wife had total knee replacement four months ago. Till date she is getting low grade fever. It statrts around 1400h and goes downn around 2300h. Max is 99.6 min is 98.0. No infection at all. Urine culture is normal. Takes medicine for hyper thyroide and BP. Has rashes on arms and face. Kindly advise. SS MOTIAL
Fri, 11 Jan 2019
Hi,
Low grade or high-grade fever is not a common occurrence after Knee replacement. So it needs to be investigated.
Please get CBC with ESR, ASO CPR and X rays of the knee joints. If there is swelling in the knee joint. Then get is aspirated and send the aspirate for counts, Culture and sensitivity.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Gopal Goel, Orthopaedic Surgeon
Low grade or high-grade fever is not a common occurrence after Knee replacement. So it needs to be investigated.
Please get CBC with ESR, ASO CPR and X rays of the knee joints. If there is swelling in the knee joint. Then get is aspirated and send the aspirate for counts, Culture and sensitivity.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Gopal Goel, Orthopaedic Surgeon
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