Instructions for post-surgery home care on discharge day

• Invasive treatment refers to the treatment or diagnosis performed on patients with injection needle, radio frequency probe or other syringe. 
• Injection Needle Pore Care: Needle pores from injection without cut or wound does not require dressing change.
• Please remove the gauze used for covering the needle pore on the second day.
• Avoid showering or bathing on the day of treatment. Restore normal routines starting from the second day.
• To apply cold compress on the needle pore, please follow the instructions given by the nurses that day.
• Wound with cut: To change dressing or remove stitches, please follow the instructions given by the nurses that day and for return visit.

Precautions for Home Care and Medication

• Please follow the original prescription for continual drugs administration.
• In case oral medicine or external medicine is prescribed on the day of treatment, please follow the instructions and precautions on the prescription medicine bag.
• Medicine Consulting Hotline: (04)22052121 EXT#3154.

Motion Precautions

• The root of injection wound may continue to ache for about 24～48 hours and is regarded as normal reaction. 
• Regardless of local anesthesia or general anesthesia, avoid driving, scooter riding, or climbing to a high altitude on the day of treatment.

Food Precautions

• With the exception of special medical advice, patients may maintain normal diet after home.

Special Precautions

In case of the following circumstances, please consult us via ( 04 ) 22052121 EXT# 5235, 5236 to determine if a return visit to the hospital is necessary.

• New numb or weak perception on the lower limb for over 24 hours.
• Continuous fecal and urine incontinence for over 24 hours.
• Continuous headache or vomit for over 24 hours.
• Loss or significantly weakened vision for over 12 hours.
• Dyspnea, or chest pain/tightness.

Instructions for Emergency Return Visits

• Unusual excessive bleeding.
• Significant changes in consciousness (e.g. coma, confusion of consciousness).

Next Return Visit

• Under normal circumstances, please return visits according to the appointment hour.