Wound bleeding after hip replacement

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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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  • Posted

    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 😊

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    After I had my dressing removed it decided to bleed all over the bed. Looked like a horror film.

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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.

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