I had laparoscopic surgery performed on June 29th for issues with my ovaries. Fortunately, my ovaries are fine. However, the resulting incisions have me a bit concerned.
The steri strips are still in place but the day before yesterday I began experiencing warmth, soreness and irritation in the incision in my belly button. When I cut off some of the loose pieces of the strips, I discovered that under the remaining strips (inside my belly button) there appears to be quite a bit of pus (which REALLY freaked me out).
I plan on contacting my doctor tomorrow but is there something I should do in the meantime? Should I remove the strips in order to let the wound dry out a bit or would that leave it open to bacteria thus increasing my chances of getting a worse infection? Should I clean the wound with soap and water? Or peroxide?