HELP!!!

Hi I have a problem, my dad has a pacemaker and it seems to look as if it is popping out of his chest, and he seems to be having a burning sensation... He is stubborn and doesn't want to go to hospital until i find out what it could be.... PLEASE HELP!!!

3 Comments

Call Doctor

by MSPACER - 2012-01-22 08:01:09

Call your dad's cardiologist now and explain the situation. There should be someone on-call. It's not possible for us to know what's going on.

call

by Tracey_E - 2012-01-22 09:01:31

if it's red, swollen, oozing, burning, etc, those are all possible signs of infection.

Is it new, like less than a few weeks old? They do burn a bit sometimes when they're new. The body isn't always crazy about having a hunk of metal in there and it takes some time for it to settle in. If it's new and looks like it's popping out and burns, that can be perfectly normal but when in doubt, get it looked at! Better safe than sorry, an infection is nothing to mess around with. If you want to use scare tactics with him, tell him if they catch it early they can treat with oral antibiotics. If you catch it too late for that to work, you're looking at up to 6 weeks in the hospital on iv antibiotics, worst case removal of the pm until it's cleared up then new placement somewhere else after it's had a lot of time to heal up. It's so easy to get someone to look at it at the first sign of a problem. Good luck!

Agree

by Tattoo Man - 2012-01-25 05:01:11

Tracey and Spacer are, as ever, spot on.
Get Dad down to be checked out..no one should be left , post op feeling anything less than well looked after deserves thier money back.
vero, get your Dad down to the Doc.

Dads are So Valuable....give the medics a bit of grief, but dont get angry,...get answers from people who know

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