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What Causes Excruciating Pain After Open Heart Surgery?
Had open heart surgery 4 months later had to go back because wires broke and sternum had split back open. now 6 months later i have a lot of popping feels like something is moving. Have a good amount of pain when this happens and when i take a deep breath..hard time sleeping at night because of the pain. this is starting to become crippling
Mon, 25 Jun 2018
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After going through your medical query I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that most likely your pain is musculoskeletal which is very common to have after bypass surgery.
You can take over the counter pain killer but it's recommended for you to consult your treating physician as pain killers can increase efficacy of some blood thinner meds, So your physician knows about your medication kindly take his opinion.
I hope this information will answer your query.
Kind regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap
After going through your medical query I understand your concern and I would like to tell you that most likely your pain is musculoskeletal which is very common to have after bypass surgery.
You can take over the counter pain killer but it's recommended for you to consult your treating physician as pain killers can increase efficacy of some blood thinner meds, So your physician knows about your medication kindly take his opinion.
I hope this information will answer your query.
Kind regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap
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