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Anyone see a small spot of blood on their wound dressing a few days after hip replacement, just wondered if this is normal as has hip replacement in the other side before and had wound leakage which i checked out and they said it was normal when i went back.
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Dawron brigid137
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yes my wound wept for a couple of days had a new dressing on after a week that also had
blood on it but it was redressed and was fine. Now 11 weeks on scar has healed well. good luck with the healing process 😊
ptolemy brigid137
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After I had my dressing removed it decided to bleed all over the bed. Looked like a horror film.
fredzepplin brigid137
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I had a little, kept it covered till day 15. most of the butterflys came off by them self and is healing nicly.. Im 24 days post op.
steve86482 brigid137
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totally normal may last for a week or two