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Are Low Body Temperature And Sleeping For Long Duration Normal After Surgery?
My husband is in the hospital with a surgical infection in his arm. They have told me it is MRSA. He goes back to the operating room tomorrow for the 3rd time in a week for debridement and cleaning of the wound. His temp has been normal the past few days and his blood pressure has been close to normal. The last few times they took his temp it was lower then normarl and he has been sleeping all day (more then usual). Is this something more to worry about?
Thu, 19 Feb 2015
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I am dr.milan an infectious disease specialist answering your question.
Its MRSA so its need strict attention. Cause of lower blood temperature is that during surgery some blood loss is always happens so because of that body temperature is going down for some time, but it is body's normal phenomena. So not to worry.
And for the more sleep, they are using many a kinds of drugs so, many of them have sedative action more or less amount. So in that case you need not to worry. Just go through the guidelines of your treating surgeon.
Hope i have given appropriate guidance to you.
if you have any query you can consult me anytime.
Give me star rating according to your satisfactory level.
Thanking you.
I am dr.milan an infectious disease specialist answering your question.
Its MRSA so its need strict attention. Cause of lower blood temperature is that during surgery some blood loss is always happens so because of that body temperature is going down for some time, but it is body's normal phenomena. So not to worry.
And for the more sleep, they are using many a kinds of drugs so, many of them have sedative action more or less amount. So in that case you need not to worry. Just go through the guidelines of your treating surgeon.
Hope i have given appropriate guidance to you.
if you have any query you can consult me anytime.
Give me star rating according to your satisfactory level.
Thanking you.
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