| Sclerotherapy: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | 1223.00000000000 | Sclerotherapy: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | Sclerotherapy: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | S | English | Other | Child (0-12 years);Teen (13-18 years) | Body | Arteries;Veins | Non-drug treatment | Caregivers
Adult (19+) | NA | | 2013-03-27T04:00:00Z | | Joao Amaral, MD;Candice Sockett, RN(EC), MN:APN | | | | 8.70000000000000 | 58.5000000000000 | 635.000000000000 | | Health (A-Z) - Procedure | Health A-Z | <p>Your child just had sclerotherapy. The following information explains how to properly care for your child at home after the procedure.</p> | <p>Your child has had sclerotherapy. This brochure explains how to look after your child at home after the procedure, and when to call for help.</p> | | <h2>Key points</h2>
<ul>
<li>If your child has a fever, severe pain around the treated area, or blackened skin, go to the nearest Emergency Department right away.</li>
<li>If your child has a change in the colour or temperature of the limb where sclerotherapy was done, call your doctor or go to the nearest Emergency Department.</li>
<li>If a blister forms, gently wash your child's skin with unscented soap and water. Apply Polysporin three times a day and cover with a clean bandage.</li>
<li>For pain relief, give your child acetaminophen or ibuprofen.</li>
</ul> | | | | | | | | <h2>Skin care</h2>
<p>It is normal for your child to have swelling and bruising of the treated area after sclerotherapy. Swelling reduces after one week and bruising may take several weeks to disappear. Some skin staining can last for months. Your child may also develop blistering.</p>
<h3>If your child develops a skin blister:</h3>
<ul>
<li>wash your child's skin with unscented soap and water.</li>
<li>apply Polysporin to your child's skin three times a day for seven days.</li>
<li>cover it with a clean bandage that will not stick to the skin. </li>
</ul>
<p>If the blister has not healed after seven days, apply Vaseline to the skin and call the IGT clinic nurse.</p>
<h2>Pressure garment</h2>
<p>If a garment is used, your child should resume wearing it (20-30 mmHg pressure) seven to 10 days after sclerotherapy.</p>
<h2>Pain relief</h2>
<p>Your child may feel local pain or discomfort after sclerotherapy, which may last one or two days. If needed, you can give your child <a href="/Article?contentid=62&language=English">acetaminophen</a> or <a href="/Article?contentid=153&language=English">ibuprofen</a>.</p>
<p>Do not give your child any medicines that thin the blood such as <a href="/Article?contentid=77&language=English">acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)</a> or <a href="/Article?contentid=265&language=English">warfarin</a>. Check with the nurse or doctor first.</p>
<h2>Meals</h2>
<p>If your child is feeling well enough after the anaesthetic, they can return to eating what they normally eat. It is also important to encourage your child to drink plenty of fluids for 48 hours after the procedure. </p>
<h2>Bathing</h2>
<p>Your child may shower or take a bath the day after the treatment. Use unscented soap to clean the treated area.</p>
<h2>Activity</h2>
<p>Your child can return to most activities the day after the procedure, but this will depend on how they feel. Check with your child's doctor about certain activities such as contact sports.</p>
<h2>Radiation</h2>
<ul>
<li>Your child's procedure required the use of X-rays.</li>
<li>Radiation side-effects are extremely unlikely, but can occur.</li>
<li>Please check your child's skin where the procedure took place for signs of redness or rash two to four weeks after the procedure. Please call (416) 813-6054 and ask to speak to an IGT nurse if this occurs.</li>
</ul> | | <h2>When to see a doctor</h2>
<p>Call your specialist or go to the nearest Emergency Department right away if your child has any of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="/Article?contentid=30&language=English">fever</a> greater than 38°C (100.4°F)</li>
<li>Severe <a href="/pain">pain</a> in the treatment area</li>
<li>blackening of the skin in the treated area</li>
<li>change in colour or temperature of the limb on the side of the body where the sclerotherapy was done; for example, the foot turns a pale blue/white or is cool to touch</li>
</ul> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | <h2>At SickKids</h2>
<p>If you have any concerns in the first week, call the IGT clinic during working hours at (416) 813-6054 and ask to speak to an IGT nurse. After seven days, please call your referring doctor or the Vascular Anomalies Clinic at (416) 813- 4970. If you have any emergent concerns after working hours, see your child's doctor/paediatrician, call the hospital switchboard at (416) 813-1500 and ask to speak to the interventional radiologist on call, or go to the nearest Emergency Department. </p> | | | | | | | | | | | Sclerotherapy: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | | False | | | | | |
