When to alert your LMC urgently:

When to alert your LMC urgently:

If you have any of the following symptoms:

  • temperature over 38°c 
  • increased pain in your tummy or on your wound such as: tenderness to touch, burning sensation, redness, discharge or ooze from your wound, unpleasant odour from the wound, or the abdomen feels harder or more firm 
  • smelly vaginal discharge 
  • heavy bleeding that soaks a pad within an hour, or large clots 
  • swollen, red painful area in the leg 
  • burning sensation or pain when passing urine 
  • unable to pass urine or are severely constipated