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How Can Swelling Around Belly-piercing Be Treated During Pregnancy?

Hi. Im 28 weeks pregnant and recently this week my belly piercing has gotten swollen, painful to the touch and the skin around my ring is hard. I keeping very clean and never fiddle with it, so this just kinda happened out of no where. I plan on going to the doctor as soon as I can, but until then I wanted to know if there was anything I could do to reduce the swelling and pain. I haven t taken the ring out because in don t want to trap the infection, but I might soon since I am pregnant and my skin is stretching
Wed, 25 Jun 2014
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
You are 28 weeks pregnant , that is you are in 3 rd trimester. So you can safely take antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines under the guidance of a Doctor ( pregnancy-safe medicines ).

The ring being a foreign body has to be removed.
The area to be applied with liquid povidone iodine 4 times daily.
Start antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines immediately under the guidance of the Doctor.
No time should be wasted as the infection can spread far and wide due to its location.




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How Can Swelling Around Belly-piercing Be Treated During Pregnancy?

Hi. Thanks for your query. You are 28 weeks pregnant , that is you are in 3 rd trimester. So you can safely take antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines under the guidance of a Doctor ( pregnancy-safe medicines ). The ring being a foreign body has to be removed. The area to be applied with liquid povidone iodine 4 times daily. Start antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines immediately under the guidance of the Doctor. No time should be wasted as the infection can spread far and wide due to its location.