Increased Issues With Infections After THR?

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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.

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-- 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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