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Straining to go to the bathroom 5 days after Rhinoplasty?

mjk123Jun 22, 2014
I had a rhinoplasty 5 days ago. Today I strained to go to the bathroom quite a bit. I had a deviated septum fixed as well, is it possible the straining made my septum deviate again or has ruined my rhinoplasty?

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