 [ Symptoms ] diagnosed with hematoma following hernia surgery swelling and pain continue should i return to doctor visited surgeon yesterday he stated that the hematoma would improve in the next 5 7 days today the swelling of the abdomen is increasing along with the pain should i wait this out or make another visit  [ Disease ] my husband also has this i would get back to the doctor he ended up with a blood clot that went to his lung not saying this is happening to you but worth checking out we are 4 weeks post op and have lots of complications if you are uncomfortable then it is worth checking out