12 days after my nose surgery i started getting really bad chills & a fever,now i'm beginning to have some body aches, & some coughing. My highest fever was today (4:30 am), at 102.7. I've been really cold & sweaty on & off all night. My doctor didn't give me antibiotics after the surgery, only during the surgery through an iv.I haven't really left the house so i'm not sure how i got this sick? I just started taking zithromax, but could it be that i have an infection from the sugery?
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The cartilages that make up the columella are the medial crura. It looks like you may have a deformity of these cartilages after manipulating them with sutures or excision. Discuss with your surgeon for any need for revision.
Kenalog-10 is occasionally used in the "supra-tip" area for stubborn swelling. Dilute Kenalog may start working as soon as 1-2 days following your injection, and the drug is almost completely out of your system by one month after your injection. In that regard, a repeat injection may be ...
There are multiple ways to reduce an overprojecting tip of the nose. This involves reducing the anterior projection of the lower lateral cartilages, the dorsal septal cartilage, and potentially even augmenting slight ski slope that is present. Digital computer imaging would be helpful to un...
