Re: Increased Issues With Infections After THR?

[Guest guest]

Yes indeed, . I am really careful even with paper cuts and finger burns

which I get with regularity. I love to cook, but am a klutz in the kitchen. I

keep touching the red bits.

So invest in a lot of anti-bacteria ointment.

Joan

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From: " maryanne.waspe1@... " <maryanne.waspe1@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 1:48:05 AM

Subject: Increased Issues With Infections After THR?

Hi,

The answer to your question is you have to take care of any infections after

any joint replacement for the rest of your life.

The reason being is that any infections however small and insignificant it

might seem to you, could be a pathway for it to travel to your replaced

joint and that really is a big issue.

There is no need to freak out about it, a lot of common sense is all that's

needed.

x

-- Increased Issues With Infections After

THR?

I was told by my doctor yesterday that after a THR one needed to be far more

careful about infections than before. I wonder:

(a) Is this only in the near term after surgery or is this basically for the

rest of one's life after the THR?

( Why is this so?

Thanks

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[Guest guest]

Mine does for my knee, forever! Joan

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From: BARB <barbmch@...>

Joint Replacement

Sent: Sat, January 1, 2011 3:17:26 PM

Subject: Re: Increased Issues With Infections After

THR?

mine does for my hip...forever...BARB

Increased Issues With Infections After

THR?

Joint Replacement

Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 4:01 PM

I was told by my doctor yesterday that after a THR one needed to be far more

careful about infections than before. I wonder:

(a) Is this only in the near term after surgery or is this basically for the

rest of one's life after the THR?

( Why is this so?

Thanks

[Guest guest]

I had bilateral TKR done July 2009. I am on antibiotics for dental appointments

forever. My dentist was surprized, as she is accustomed to joint replacement

patients being on antibiotics for three years post-surgery. However, my surgeon

determined that I would be on for a lifetime.

I happen to be scheduled for my first colonscopy in a few days. (One of the

joys of turning 50.) I will be on antibiotics for that as well.

I have a history of cellulitis, dating back prior to the osteo-arthritis that

ultimately caused the TKRs 17 1/2 months ago. When I have an active case of

cellulitis, I require a hep-lock for IV antibiotics for several days. The

infection specialist I work with says " the big boys " (daptomycin, vankomycin)

are needed to take care the infection.

Have to do what we need to to protect our joints.

bilateral TKR 7/09

Teeny, MD, Lakewood, WA