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What Causes Fever After Inserting A Stent For 100% Blockage?

39 year old male,I had a mild to moderate heart attack with very little damage. Now I have cardiac pneumonia they caught it in time and treated it. been out of the hospital one day and the fever is going up and back down like a coaster ride. They put one stent in for 100% blockage, what do I do about the fever 99.5 so far and then it will drop to 98.8 in just a few minutes then back up. what should I exspect from all of this?
Tue, 22 Jul 2014
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HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE CHEST INFECTION WHICH COULD BEEN ACQUIRED DURING YOUR HOSPITAL STAY .ITS UNRELATED TO THE STENT PLACEMENT PER SE.BUT NONE THE LESS IT HAS TO BE TREATED EFFECTIVELY TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS TO YOUR HEART.PNEUMONIAS ARE KNOWN FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURE COURSE.ALL YOU NEED IS AN ANTIBIOTIC COURSE ,PREFERABLY THIRD GEN CEPHALOSPORINS EX INJ.CEFTRIAXONE FOR 7 SEVEN DAYS COUPLED WITH ANTIPYRETICS:THIS TREATMENT PROTOCOL CAN BE USED TO ELIMINATE THE LUNG INFECTION.POST THERAPY 2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM SCREENING OF HEART AND ITS STENT PATTERN WILL BE HELPFUL.CONSULT AN EXPERT CHEST PHYSICIAN TO ASSIST YOU FURTHER.
THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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What Causes Fever After Inserting A Stent For 100% Blockage?

HI THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR QUERY ON HEALTH CARE MAGIC. YOU SEEM TO HAVE CHEST INFECTION WHICH COULD BEEN ACQUIRED DURING YOUR HOSPITAL STAY .ITS UNRELATED TO THE STENT PLACEMENT PER SE.BUT NONE THE LESS IT HAS TO BE TREATED EFFECTIVELY TO PREVENT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS TO YOUR HEART.PNEUMONIAS ARE KNOWN FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURE COURSE.ALL YOU NEED IS AN ANTIBIOTIC COURSE ,PREFERABLY THIRD GEN CEPHALOSPORINS EX INJ.CEFTRIAXONE FOR 7 SEVEN DAYS COUPLED WITH ANTIPYRETICS:THIS TREATMENT PROTOCOL CAN BE USED TO ELIMINATE THE LUNG INFECTION.POST THERAPY 2-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM SCREENING OF HEART AND ITS STENT PATTERN WILL BE HELPFUL.CONSULT AN EXPERT CHEST PHYSICIAN TO ASSIST YOU FURTHER. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE.