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Can I Take Zithromax Before my Surgery on Monday?
I tested positive for strep today. Will this be a problem for my scheduled Tummy Tuck?
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Krismiss10
in Annapolis, MD
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Strep Throat and Cosmetic Surgery
For your safety no elective surgery should be done until an active infection as been completely treated. In such cases we allow the infection to resolve before considering a return to the operating room.
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Undergoing elective surgery is elective, not an urgency or emergency
Thank you for your question. Contact your doctor's office and inform him/her and the anesthesiologist. There is a good chance that you won't have a choice. If you are sick, then surgery may be canceled and rescheduled to a time that you are not sick. It is not worth the risk of getting much sicker for an elective surgery.
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You can take your Zithromax; you should NOT have surgery until your strep throat is completely treated.
Thoguh you have started antibiotic therapy prior to surgery, you will NOT have completed treatment, and will likely still have many more strep bacteria still present, even if you remain asymptomatic. Realize that antibiotics work by first killing the sensitive strains of strep that infect your throat, and hopefully killing at least some of the more resistant strains that are present in any billions-of-bacteria colonies that are multiplying and mutating. Soon, only the resistant strains...
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Delay surgery with an active infection
If you tested positive for strep throat on Friday, it is in your best interest to delay your surgery for a few weeks. Let your surgeon know as soon as possible.
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Elective surgery and strep infection
Thnakd for your question. I could not tell when your surgery was scheduled for and I am assuming you have a strep throat infection? I would reccomend if you were my patient to treat the infection and wait at least 10 days - 2weeks prior to elective surgery. Please communicate with your surgeon.
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Strep Infection Before Surgery
Cancel the surgery. It is not worth the risk to your health to pursue the surgery with an active infection so close to the procedure date.
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Strep contraindicates tummy tuck
If you have a strep infection, the surgery should be cancelled. There are both anesthesia and infection issues. The surgery can certainly be rescheduled as soon as you have recovered but the first priority should be to recover from the strep. You should notify your plastic surgeon as soon as possible (like immediately) so he can be aware. In cases where an illness causes postponement of a surgery, although inconvenient for both physician and patient, I do not charge a cancellation fee...
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Infection prior to Tummy Tuck?
I'm sorry to hear about the infection and its poor timing. Unfortunately, online consultation is not the way to go here; you need to communicate with your plastic surgeon...
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Strep and Zithromax
Dear Krismiss10, The first question I would ask is, "For what test was the strep test positive for?" If you are having surgery in the next few days, you need to discuss your test results with your plastic surgeon ASAP! The presence of an infection before your surgery increases your risks for complications and post-operative infections. Usually this requires completing your antibiotic treatment and confirming that your infection is gone before...
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