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The stitches can take 2 weeks or longer to dissolve.
Severe bleeding from your bottom Increasing pain, swelling or discharge from your bottom Difficulty passing urine High temperature (fever) or you feel
or divisions of adhesions.
Patients with CKD 4 or 5. Patients with HIV infection and or those taking anti-retroviral medication(s).
Control (Trust users only) See Infection Control policy "Multi-drug resistant bacteria (excluding MRSA): management of infected or colonised patients"
Is the test being used for baseline levels prior to treatment or for follow-up?
or recent exposure to possible hepatotoxic agents; recent foreign travel or contact with viral hepatitis.
For this period, you should not: drive a car, motorbike or ride a bicycle drink alcohol operate machinery or do anything requiring skill or judgement,
baseline level prior to treatment or follow up).
You may experience taste changes and/or a loss of appetite. This may be caused by your treatment, nausea and vomiting or by a sore mouth.
Can I eat or drink?
Clear fluids can be black tea or coffee, Bovril® or Oxo®, any squash except blackcurrant as it stains the bowel, apple juice or any other juice as long
This can mean there may be a wait to see a doctor or for a skin biopsy.
Here are some suggestions to help you remember: Use coloured stickers or reminder notes around your house or at work.
Poor response to reliever Rapid breathing rate Pale or grey or blue
permit for 1 week or 2 weeks.
support you have been given, or referred to.
Access TOXBASE and/or contact the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) on Tel. 0844 892 0111.
You will receive your test results from your hospital consultant or GP, by letter or during a clinic appointment.
Requests should be made only on symptomatic patients, contacts or those with other risk factors.