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Please also contact us if there are any problems or changes relating to your feed, your feeding tube or stoma site, or if you have been admitted to the
You have numbness or tingling in the affected arm, hand, thigh or leg. You have new calf tenderness or pain.
The narrowing and/or blockage of the arteries in the leg can cause pain, ulceration or gangrene.
There may be a slow trickle or a gush of clear or pinkish fluid from your vagina.
Feeling sick or vomiting up to 24 hours after the injection.
cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve when you cough or sneeze
If you need further support before or after the surgery please contact your GP, consultant, Clinical Nurse Specialist or the Macmillan helpline.
If you are referred to enhanced supportive care, you may be seen as an outpatient or reviewed by telephone or video calls.
Do not drive or ride a bicycle. Do not drink alcohol. Do not operate machinery or appliances (e.g. kettle or cookers).
If specialist coagulation tests are requested, one or more aliquots may be frozen until analysis (or up to two months) at between -15 and -40°C.
Sample Requirements 3 or 3.5ml Trisodium Citrate tube Pre-analysis storage: do not store, send to the laboratory as soon as possible or within 2 hours
Eye drops or ointment
You may notice red or dark marks along one or more veins on your hand or arm.
Information on how to take the best photographs of your skin lesion or rash.
For more information or to obtain your card, please contact admin@gda.org.uk or call 01452 372999.
Please telephone the hospital if the child develops a severe cough or cold, or has had contact with chickenpox, mumps, measles or any other infectious
It is normally the result of a sudden pulling or jerking action on the child’s arm or forearm, for example: Pulling a child up or swinging them by the
without (or with reduced) clicks or jerks and any pain you are experiencing should reduce.
Ice packs or a bag of frozen peas can be useful to treat pain and help to reduce any swelling. Do not apply ice or heat directly to your skin.
Non-specialist or Specialist