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Swelling and hardening of long bones

2018-01-16 17:20:49
I am 15 yrs old suffering from osteomylitis since mid 2015. Many times surgery done. My last surgery was feb 2017 I was well ok but on Dec 2017 I was doing exercise for a month then my incision site start swelling and hardening. My tlc around 15000 and high neutrophils with crp 9.7. Now I am taking gentamicin IV and cetil Will the medicine work and back to normal
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Please follow your doctor's advise and have faith in him. This a difficult situation for both you and your doctor. You may still need another surgical treatment but before that to avoid it your doctor may have advised antibiotics.

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