Urinary incontinence - injectable implant: when to get help
Go through these in order and stop at the first one that applies. If you are reading this for someone else, answer for them.
1
Is any of this happening now?
Call 911
These concerns usually need timely advice but are not automatically emergencies.
Call emergency services for trouble breathing, facial or throat swelling, collapse, or another sign of a severe allergic reaction.
Other emergency signs, for anyone
Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
2
Is any of this happening?
Be seen today
Contact your healthcare team promptly if burning, urgency, blood in the urine or pain is worsening rather than settling.
Also call if leakage becomes difficult to manage, you develop cloudy or foul-smelling urine, or you have questions about returning to normal activity.
Seek urgent medical help if you:
Cannot pass urine or develop increasing lower abdominal pain
Have heavy bleeding or blood clots in your urine
Develop fever with chills, worsening urinary pain or marked weakness
Have severe or rapidly increasing pelvic pain
Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Urinary incontinence - injectable implant. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.