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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding From Stitches In The Scrotum

my son has dissolving stitches in his scrotum from 8 days ago... beside the actual stitches it seems to bleed...only a little bit but enough to bother us...what can i do to stop it...i have been putting kleenex on it to stop the drips of blood but the kleenex sticks and i do not want to irritate it any more...what should i do?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Try pressure bandage, this could be oozing and such bleeding some time common in the wound that is being stich, if still it is bleeding then this need to be examine clinically and in my opinion it would be better to see the surgeon, hope this helps.
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Suggest Treatment For Bleeding From Stitches In The Scrotum

HI Well come to HCM Try pressure bandage, this could be oozing and such bleeding some time common in the wound that is being stich, if still it is bleeding then this need to be examine clinically and in my opinion it would be better to see the surgeon, hope this helps.