The infection and inflammation after rhinoplasty

The infection and inflammation after rhinoplasty

In any surgeries, wounds is an evitable issue that is the channel for pathogens to enter the body.  The signs and symtoms of infection and inflammation after the Rhinoplasty are the redness on the nose, fever or the discharge of pus from the nose.  In every processes of Rhinoplasty, the infection prevention is significance.  When the infection occurs, it should be dealed with the right treatment to prevent the scar and capsular contracture, otherwise the deformity of nose will be occured.

The causes of infection and inflammation are

1.  The equipments and materials are not well-cleaned, the operating rooms are not up to standards.

2.  The surgeon lacks of expertise.  Operation cause the large damage on the tissues,   loss lots of blood and too long operative time.

3.  The patient has the habit of rubbing on the nose area which  stimulate more inflammation process.

4.  The patient with low immunity system state causes bad respond to eliminate the pathogens.

5.  The patients who have been injected the foreign substances into the nose, have multiple Rhinoplasty, these result in difficulty on the next Rhinoplasty and more risks for the infection.

The treatment will start with providing the antibiotic first.  If the symptoms is still persist, the removing of silicone is considered . Because silicone is the foreign subjects to the body, by removing it will improve the better treatment.  In case of the patient who uses their own tissues for Rhinoplasty such as the ear cartilage or costal cartilage,  The possibility of infection is less and if happen the antibiotics is enough for curing.

After treatment of infection, in the case with the removing of the silicon  which required new Rhinoplasty,  The surgeon usually wait for scar maturation at least 6 months before considering of the new Rhinoplasty.

The infection results in several problems and complications, important thing that the patient have to concern before undergo rhinoplasty

1.  The hygeinic, operating rooms, equipments and materials are up to standard or not?   Are the clinic or hospital is approved for surgery?

2.  The surgeon has an experiences or well-trained by the standard of Medical council or not ?  Which can be easily checked from the Medical council website https://www.tmc.or.th/check_md/

If found any infection and inflammation after the Rhinoplasty, beside receive treatment from the doctor, patient’s self-care also important, by having a healthy body, eating nutritious food, adequate sleep period and see the doctor according to the appointment will prevent the nose s deformity problem and more convenience for the correction in the future.