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Has surgical hardware made you sick?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Jun 8 8:15am | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
I'm hoping I'm doing this right I am trying to get my message across. Hopefully I'm doing so. I just need help so here it is.....Can this be on the spine too? I'm struggling after a couple screws and plates were implanted in my back for T12 fracture and I'm struggling with fever cold chills pain nausea vomiting lots of pain, but I'm a bout a month and 1/2 post surgery I don't think this should be. Any non medical advice you can give I feel horrible and can't get up barely to pee a city is out the roof with my already anxious disease. Can you help
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Hello @jtcannon1976, you are posting correctly. When you make a post or a reply, it is posted publicly for everyone to see. It may take some time to receive responses. Rather than reply to each individual post, you can make longer posts that address responses to many members. You can use the search function at the top as well to find more discussions that are relevant to your diagnosis or experiences as well. There are some more tutorials as well on how to use Connect if there are specific things you have questions about, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/help-center/.
@jtcannon1976 - have you shared these symptoms with your provider and/or surgeon? Fever, chills, nausea and pain might be signs of something you want to discuss or report to your medical team. It may be a more acute issue like being sick, but with a recent surgery it is always best to practice caution and alert your providers of symptoms.