When to Seek Medical Care

Call the doctor if you experience any of the following symptoms:

• Increase in pain or pain not controlled by prescribed medications: Telling the doctor if the pain is preventing you from breathing normally, eating, walking, or sleeping, is especially important.  
  
  
• Pain in the chest

Pain accompanied by any of the following (also if experienced without pain):

• Fever (temperature higher than 100°F [38ºC])

• Vomiting

• Constipation or diarrhea

• Shortness of breath

• Bleeding

• Redness, pus, or discharge from wound

Go to the hospital’s emergency department if you are unable to reach the doctor quickly or if you experience any of the following symptoms:

• Confusion

• Lethargy

• Severe pain

• Persistent symptoms

• Vomiting

• Fever (temperature higher than 100°F or [38ºC])

• Bleeding


• Chest pain
  
  
• Shortness of breath