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What Does Hurting,stiffening Of Hip Signify After 8 Months Of Polyethylene Bearing Surface Based Hip Surgery, While Having Skin Allergy To Polyethylene?
If you have an allergic reaction on your skin to polyethylene rope and you have had a hip replacement 8 months ago that includes polyethylene as a bearing surface and in the last month the hip has started to hurt and be stiff all the time that gets worse when I walk could I be having an internal tissue allergic reaction now to the polyethylene?
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Polythene of hip surface is very compressed and usually not produce this type of reaction. I thin you should consult with your surgeon and get an x ray of your hip. Reaction due to poly will be appear on x ray and I am sure your doctor will be able to identify them. I hope everything is fine.
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