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Suggest Remedy For Puss Accumulation In Chest Post A Heat Surgery

My father had a open heart surgery a few weeks ago and he has a pus accumulation in the middle of his chest. This is along the area which was cut open for the surgery. He now has developed high fever overnight and also has some body pains. What has to be done now?
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
In my opinion your father is having SSI (Surgical Site Infection).
It is a type of complication seen post operatively.
It is due to bacterial infection either due to poor stich care or due to poor immunity of the patient.
Diabetes need to be rule out first. So get done Hb1Ac (Glycosylated Hemoglobin) to rule out Diabetes.
Pus is formed mostly by mixed infection (aerobic and anaerobic).
So get done culture from pus and sensitivity for guiding antibiotic therapy.
He needs atleast 21 days of antibiotics.
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Suggest Remedy For Puss Accumulation In Chest Post A Heat Surgery

Thanks for your question on HCM. In my opinion your father is having SSI (Surgical Site Infection). It is a type of complication seen post operatively. It is due to bacterial infection either due to poor stich care or due to poor immunity of the patient. Diabetes need to be rule out first. So get done Hb1Ac (Glycosylated Hemoglobin) to rule out Diabetes. Pus is formed mostly by mixed infection (aerobic and anaerobic). So get done culture from pus and sensitivity for guiding antibiotic therapy. He needs atleast 21 days of antibiotics.