Urinary incontinence - tension-free vaginal tape: 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
Seek emergency help for chest pain, sudden shortness of breath, fainting, or a painful swollen leg.
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
Seek urgent medical advice if you cannot urinate, develop fever with worsening pelvic pain, have heavy vaginal bleeding, or notice increasing redness, swelling, pus, or foul-smelling discharge.
3
Does any of this apply?
Book an appointment
Arrange an assessment for persistent pelvic pain, pain during sex, vaginal bleeding after healing, or something that feels like mesh in the vagina.
The article also says
Contact your healthcare team routinely if leakage is not improving, urgency becomes troublesome, your urine stream remains weak, or you develop recurrent urinary infections.