Increased tenderness over the incision site!

Hello everyone!

I'm 22 years old and in October I received my dual chamber ICD, recently I got sick with Strep went on antibiotics, strep resolved. However yesterday, I started feeling super sharp/burning over the incision, and today the site is much more tender. Should I play it safe and get it checked out or wait and see? Don't want to be the girl who cried ICD infection😂 Thanks

5 Comments

Agree

by Lurch - 2017-01-12 10:32:19

Infection is nothing to play with ignore.  Call your doctor, explain the circumstances and will guarntee your doctor will want to see you or at least call in an antibiotic to get your started on right away

Re: Pain

by N8UAD - 2017-01-12 13:20:38

Get it checked.

what they said, plus

by Tracey_E - 2017-01-13 08:49:22

Ask for cultures. If it is infected, it's important to treat it aggressively as soon as possible which means being 100% sure you are on the correct antibiotic from the first day. If they just take a guess, you could spend a week or two on something that isn't working, which means the infection has a week or two to spread. 

Already?

by CHF247 - 2017-02-15 06:32:09

Wow your young.

infection

by BOBJ - 2017-03-31 16:58:24

The 2 most common bacterias for device infection are.......

staph and streph

Call your doctor the streph virus really likes the leads and device.

If they say it is infected - know you can pm me anytime. I've been there done it and can tell you it is all going to be okay.

If it is not infected then - great!

 

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