KingofPain
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Hi all
I’ve had a sinus excision with primary closure just over 3 weeks ago.
The top of the incision heals very nicely, it’s all closed up.
The bottom seems to be closed as well, I’ve got something that looks like a paper cut on a side of my cleft, and when I touch it it stings. I’ve been to a check up twice and no one mentioned anything about it, even though two different nurses had a pretty good look at it under a light.
But Ive noticed there’s light brown sticky discharge coming out of that place near the “paper cut”. I can’t see an opening as my gluteal cleft is really tight in that spot so can’t really see “the middle”, but sometimes I feel a sting/itchiness and then when I swipe the area with a cotton bud, it comes out light brown with slightly unpleasant smell (like fungal infection?).
I’ve rang the hospital about it but they’ve said if I haven’t got any pain and the discharge is not increasing then it’s ok …
I don’t know if it’s coming out from the bottom end of the incision or have I a got another pit/sinus that has been missed during the surgery (even though in my hospital discharge notes it says the surgeon I inspected the cleft with a probe, whatever it means…)
Now I sat down on my side for 20 minutes and felt the stingy feeling again. I went to the toilet and there wasn’t enough of discharge to stay on my underwear but the inside of my cleft was damp.
Should I go back to the hospital to have it checked? Other than that I have no pain, redness, temperature or swelling. I’ve had two different antibiotics post surgery, surely infection would happen earlier than nearly a month after surgery?
Thanks
I’ve had a sinus excision with primary closure just over 3 weeks ago.
The top of the incision heals very nicely, it’s all closed up.
The bottom seems to be closed as well, I’ve got something that looks like a paper cut on a side of my cleft, and when I touch it it stings. I’ve been to a check up twice and no one mentioned anything about it, even though two different nurses had a pretty good look at it under a light.
But Ive noticed there’s light brown sticky discharge coming out of that place near the “paper cut”. I can’t see an opening as my gluteal cleft is really tight in that spot so can’t really see “the middle”, but sometimes I feel a sting/itchiness and then when I swipe the area with a cotton bud, it comes out light brown with slightly unpleasant smell (like fungal infection?).
I’ve rang the hospital about it but they’ve said if I haven’t got any pain and the discharge is not increasing then it’s ok …
I don’t know if it’s coming out from the bottom end of the incision or have I a got another pit/sinus that has been missed during the surgery (even though in my hospital discharge notes it says the surgeon I inspected the cleft with a probe, whatever it means…)
Now I sat down on my side for 20 minutes and felt the stingy feeling again. I went to the toilet and there wasn’t enough of discharge to stay on my underwear but the inside of my cleft was damp.
Should I go back to the hospital to have it checked? Other than that I have no pain, redness, temperature or swelling. I’ve had two different antibiotics post surgery, surely infection would happen earlier than nearly a month after surgery?
Thanks