Betadine left on skin can be very irritating to skin. The latex and/or the adhesives in tape, etc can also do same. Keep up with cream and (as hard as it may be) try to leave it alone - as in, no scratching, hard scrubbing etc.

After surgical procedures I have to get betadine washed off within hours or else I end up with horrid skin reactions. Benadryl, soap& water and cortizone creams are my best friend if I get that angry red blistering rash.

Feel better soon!!

I went to my PCP today to get something for the rash. He is miffed that I went out of town for the surgery, and he seemed a bit smug that the other hospital caused a problem. He thinks that the rash is also caused from the tight elastic bandages that were over the dressings because there was no rash under the bandages where there was also betadine. I also have a latex sensitivity so the latex wrap combined with everything else seems to have made the rash on the upper and lower abdomen.

If all of the doctors here were as sharp as him I would have no need to go out of town.

He gave me a low dose steroid pack to take for five days to clear up the rash. It is a very tiny dose so I'm not worried about taking it.

glad to hear you on your way to being "fixed"

Yikes Wiz

Just goes to show...you need to be a vigilant health consumer, even under anesthesia

Glad you went to the doc to get another opinion and some relief....your pcp sounds sharp. It was worth the "told you so" I guess...

Hope you're feeling better real soon