Open Heart Surgery: Post-op pain Posted: 12-08-06 18:08pm
I had open heart surgery 8 months ago and
I still having pain. Is this normal? I
have like a tightness in the left and
right side. My heart doctor said it was
inflammation. Can inflammation cause pain
like this. And I usually hurt more of an
evening, come my winding down time.
Sometimes I have pain during the day too
but its mostly at night. I am very
concerned and nervous about anything now
as when they found my anurism they just
happened to find it when I went to the
doctor for a kidney infection and then
they also discovered I had a bi-cuspid
valve so now I have a mechanical one.
Please if you could be of any help I would
appreciate it. Thanks- Michelle
Any inflammation is followed by pain. An
aneurism with no symptoms is usually
discovered accidentally. Aneurisms cause
symptoms when a blood vessel ruptures,
which is life threatening. Lucky for you
that your aneurism was discovered before
its rupture. You didn’t describe clearly
the problem with your bicuspid valve but
it seems that it was treated
professionally. Youcan take aspirin to
reduce the pain and inflammation. You
should consult your cardio-surgeon again
about the pain that your are experiencing
as tightness in the right and left side of
the torso.
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