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How to help my husband after surgery?

My husband had Wi-Fi surgery six months ago. About 10 days ago he had surgery to unclog the artery that runs down your leg the last three or four days he's been itching everywhere and it's just taken over his whole entire body. On top of an earache and too thick but it burns and it is everywhere driving I'm crazy.

Male | 58 years old

7 Answers

Cardiologist|InterventionalCardiologysurgeon
This sounds like an allergic reaction. When we do the arterial interventions we use iodine Dye. It is the same dye used to see blood vessels in a CT scan. Some people can have allergic reactions to the dye.
Recommendation: for now use Benadryl pills or cream. In time the symptoms should go away. He should get allergy testing to see what he reacted to. If it was the dye, he should never get exposed to it again without proper pre-medication
That is most likely an allergic reaction, contact the doctor for further evaluation
Please call the physician who performed the procedure to discuss the symptoms with him or her.
I can't say anything for sure, but your husband's itching could be a reaction to a medication he was started on after his procedure. Plavix (clopidogrel) is often prescribed after these procedures and itching can be a side effect. I recommend that you bring it up with his surgeon. Do not stop taking the medication without speaking with his doctor first.

I do not think this is a vascular problem. Please touch base with the primary care doctor.
Take him to the hospital. This is a severe allergic reaction. He may need steroids.
Seems like an allergic reaction to a New medicine. Call his doctor.