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Suggest Treatment For Oozing Lump On The Incision After Foot Surgery.
had foot surgery 7 months ago and developed lump on incision,my dr. lanced it and squeezed out white pus. sent culture to lab came out negative for infection. However, it still oozes white pus and I m itchy all over my body which causes lesions. What s this?
Tue, 20 Jan 2015
Well there is definitely some nagging persistent infection and the causative organism is absent in the culture test because of intercurrent antibiotics; sometimes subculturing / culture from different area could help!
Anyways, it could be tuberculosis especially atypical ones or some reaction to retained suture materials/dressing materials too!
you have some allergic condition; it could be some recent medication!
to summerize, your case needs surgical debridement in addition to antibiotics for recovery.
please consult a good surgeon and a clean hospital...
all the best!
Anyways, it could be tuberculosis especially atypical ones or some reaction to retained suture materials/dressing materials too!
you have some allergic condition; it could be some recent medication!
to summerize, your case needs surgical debridement in addition to antibiotics for recovery.
please consult a good surgeon and a clean hospital...
all the best!
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