When To Call Your Physician Or Seek Medical Care
If any of the following occur, call your physician immediately. In an emergency, call 911.
- Temperature of 101 degrees or higher, and/or chills
- Nausea or vomiting that lasts more than 24 hours
- Increasing drowsiness
- Worsening pain not relieved by pain medication
- Increased swelling around the incision
- Redness around the incision that is spreading
- Bright red blood or discharge coming from the wound.