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Can vomiting rip stitches?

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MommyWolfJun 1, 2017
I'm 8 days out from having had my tummy tuck with muscle repair and have thrown up several times today. It's incredibly painful, but aside from that I'm wondering if I run a risk of damaging the internal work on my muscles...is vomiting enough to ruin that? Would it be obvious if I did damage something?

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Dr. Vasdev Rai, MD
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