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What Causes Swelling In The Feet After A Keyhole Surgery?
My mother had keyhole surgery to remove a ruptured appendix, she vomited a lot of bile for about three days and after a total of 8 days following surgery she is home recovering, her feet however have been swollen is there anything we can do to help her please
Wed, 7 Jun 2017
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
There are many reasons for the same renal involvement post-surgery, deep vein thrombosis, cellulitis (in unilateral case), cardiac cause, hypoproteinemia, and others.
Kindly provide here with details as age, one or both legs, pain, fever, redness of area, urine output, breathlessness on walking, food intake, mobility, reports of surgery and current medicines in details so that I can guide in more details.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Purva Patel
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
There are many reasons for the same renal involvement post-surgery, deep vein thrombosis, cellulitis (in unilateral case), cardiac cause, hypoproteinemia, and others.
Kindly provide here with details as age, one or both legs, pain, fever, redness of area, urine output, breathlessness on walking, food intake, mobility, reports of surgery and current medicines in details so that I can guide in more details.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Purva Patel
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