I had a septoplasty surgery 2 weeks ago, and i continued smoking a packet & a half every day, what should i do?

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I went to my family doctor and told me today that i had an infection in my nose, caused by smoking, did i ruin the whole operation by continued smoking? Do i need an other operation? My nose still hurts when i touch it and right now i have a very bad taste in my mouth, it's all going down from my nose, from the hospital they did tell me to stop smoking but i smoked anyway cause i thought it wouldn't be effected much, i don't know what i was thinking

Juan Carlos Fuentes, MD · Answer

When a patient smokes after a surgery, then the blood supply to the healing tissues is jeopardized and this will damage the tissues and the healing process will be affected, getting a higher risk for infections, tissue necrosis, excessive scarring. You should contact your surgeon and check what will need to be done, if you need to have a culture of the wounds or secretion, take antibiotics, etc.

I had a septoplasty surgery 2 weeks ago, and i continued smoking a packet & a half every day, what should i do?

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