| Varicocele embolization: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | 1225.00000000000 | Varicocele embolization: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | Varicocele embolization: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | V | English | Other | Teen (13-18 years) | Testicle | Veins | Non-drug treatment | Caregivers
Adult (19+) | NA | | 2013-03-27T04:00:00Z | | | | | | 9.00000000000000 | 60.4000000000000 | 544.000000000000 | | Health (A-Z) - Procedure | Health A-Z | <p>Your child has had embolization of a varicocele. This brochure explains how to look after your child at home after the procedure, and when to call for help. </p> | <p>Your child has had
<a href="/Article?contentid=2473&language=English">varicocele embolization</a>. This brochure explains how to care for your child at home after the procedure, and when to call for help. </p> | | <h2>Key points </h2>
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<li>Phone IGT or go to the nearest Emergency Department if your child has a fever, severe pain, or bleeding in the groin.</li>
<li>Go the nearest Emergency Department if your child has severe pain in the testicle.</li>
<li>Leave the dressing on for 24 hours after the procedure.</li>
<li>You may give your child acetaminophen for pain.</li>
<li>Your child should avoid all physical activities for six full weeks after the procedure.</li>
</ul> | | | | | | | | <h2>Dressing care </h2><p>You can take off the dressing over the groin 24 hours after the procedure. If the dressing gets wet or soiled during the first 24 hours, take it off and replace it with a clean Band-Aid. Your child may also have a bruise in the groin which can take up to 10 days to go away. </p><h2>Bathing </h2><p>Your child may have a bath or shower the day after the procedure. </p><h2>Meals </h2><p>If your child is feeling well enough after the anesthetic, 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>Pain relief </h2><p>If needed, give your child
<a href="/Article?contentid=62&language=English">acetaminophen</a> for pain. Do not give your child any medicines that will thin the blood, such as
<a href="/Article?contentid=77&language=English">acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)</a> or
<a href="/Article?contentid=153&language=English">ibuprofen</a>, without checking with a nurse or your child's doctor first. </p><h2>Activity </h2><p>After the procedure, your child will need to be quiet, stay home from school or day care, and avoid physical activity for the first 24 hours. Your child may return to school 24 hours after the procedure with restricted activity. Your child should avoid all physical activities for six full weeks. These include: </p><ul><li>contact sports </li><li>gymnastics </li><li>diving </li><li>bicycle riding </li><li>rollerblading </li><li>hockey </li><li>soccer </li><li>skiing </li><li>horseback riding </li></ul> | | <h2>When to see a doctor </h2><p>Phone your specialist or Image Guided Therapy (IGT) or go to the nearest Emergency Department right away if your child has any of the following:</p><ul><li>throwing up (<a href="/Article?contentid=746&language=English">vomiting</a>) that does not stop</li><li>severe
pain and swelling in the groin where the catheter was inserted or in the testicle</li><li>bleeding or a growing bruise in the groin</li><li>dizziness and pale colour </li><li>general weakness </li><li>severe and sudden shortness of breath </li><li>blood in the urine </li></ul> | <h2>Clinic visits after the embolization </h2>
<ul>
<li>Following the procedure, your child will have a follow-up visit with their Urologist.</li>
<li>At six months, your child will have an ultrasound and need to see the Interventional Radiologist. </li>
</ul> | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | <h2>At SickKids</h2>
<p>If you have any concerns in the first 48 hours, call the IGT clinic during working hours at (416) 813-6054 and ask to speak to an IGT nurse. After 48 hours, please call your urologist. If you have concerns and it is after working hours, see your family doctor or go to the nearest Emergency Department or call the Hospital for Sick Children switchboard at (416) 813-1500 and ask them to page your specialist or the interventional radiologist on call. </p> | | | <img alt="" src="https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/varicocele_embolization_caring_for_your_child_at_home.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | https://assets.aboutkidshealth.ca/AKHAssets/varicocele_embolization_caring_for_your_child_at_home.jpg | | | | | | | Varicocele embolization: Caring for your child at home after the procedure | | False | | | | | | |
