Dressing care
Your child will have a dressing or bandage over the site of the biopsy. You can take the dressing off after 48 hours.
If the dressing gets wet or dirty, take it off and replace it with a clean adhesive bandage. Your child may also have a bruise at the biopsy site, which can take up to 10 days to go away.
Bathing
Your child may have a bath or shower two days after the biopsy. It is very important to keep the bandage dry. A wet bandage can contribute to delayed healing and increase the risk of infection.
Meals
If your child is feeling well enough after the sedation or 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.
Pain relief
If needed, give your child acetaminophen for pain. Do not give your child any medicines that will thin the blood, such as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or ibuprofen, without checking with your child’s health-care provider first.
Activity
After the biopsy, your child will need to stay home from school or day care, and avoid physical activity for the first two days (48 hours). Your child may return to school 48 hours after the biopsy, with restricted activity. Your child should avoid all major activity or physical exertion for two full weeks. These include:
- contact sports
- gymnastics
- diving/swimming
- bicycle riding
- rollerblading
- hockey
- soccer
- skiing
- horseback riding
Radiation
- Your child's procedure required the use of X-rays.
- Radiation side-effects are extremely unlikely but can occur.
- Check the treated area of your child's skin for signs of redness or rash two to four weeks from the date of the procedure. Please speak to a nurse in the interventional radiology department if these signs occur.
