Life After Bypass Surgery | Precautions To Be Taken After Heart Bypass Surgery

Life after Bypass Surgery | Precautions To Be Taken After Heart Bypass Surgery In order to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from CABG, a lot of lifestyle changes should be made, which includes taking the proper medication, saying no to smoking, eating healthy food, regular physical activities, and follow up visits with the doctor. Dr. A. R. Krishna Prasad, Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon, has covered the following question in the video: -What should a patient do after going home? As you reach home take off the dressing and in the morning have a bath immediately dry the wound with a clean and dry cloth, apply a betadine solution/ointment/powder Things that can be done as reading newspaper, watching television -What are the things to be taken seriously? Not putting pressure on the Chest, not be doing bending down, lifting weights, not going in flights for 1 month -When to visit a consultant? When you’re feeling heavy pain or a discharge coming from a wound you should visit a consultant because you need some antibiotics and some kind of preventive measures. -What are the precautions to be taken? Use the bandage to legs for at least 1 month so that there should be no swelling Having a shower with warm water with adding an antiseptic as Dettol or betadine -Why heart pain happens after heart surgery? During the operation, when the doctor takes a vein from the leg. It's like a spare part even though the spare part was also doing a good job as taking blood and flowing towards the heart suddenly when they take it out there will be a fluid accumulation that is the reason for swelling and heart pain. -What are the common problems after heart surgery? Fever, cold, heart pain, shoulder pain, back pain Etc -What Drugs/Medicine to be taken? If you have a fever or a cold you can take Dolo 650, Paracetamol, and Antibiotics to dry the wound #BypassSurgery #HeartBypassSurgery #BypassHeartSurgery For Appointments, Call 040 6833 4455 Or Visit: https://www.medicoverhospitals.in/ Follow us on Other Platforms: Facebook:   / medicoverhospitals   Instagram:   / medicoverhospitals   Twitter:   / medicoverin   LinkedIn:   / medicoverhospitals