Lump Near The Belly Button?
, my child is 3 years old. 1 week ago I had a fever and diarrhea accompanied by a painful stomach, and next to the navel there was a rather large lump in my opinion, when the lump came, my child immediately screamed in pain, but after 1-5 minutes the lump disappeared, then appeared again, disappeared again, like that continues, what do you think?
1 Answer:
Hello Rhajendrra,
Thank you for your question on HealthReplies.com.
There are lumps around the navel can be caused by several causes, including umbilical hernia. Umbilical hernia is a condition of the intestine out of its container. Which can be caused due to imperfect closure of the sac in the navel area or due to excessive pressure such as coughing or straining.
In umbilical hernia babies will re-enter if the age reaches 2 years. However, there are several conditions that must be treated immediately by the surgeon, such as: the lump gets sicker, the lump doesn't disappear after 1-2 years.
The presence of pain when a lump appears indicates an obstruction or blockage in the intestine, so it needs to be treated immediately. Because if not handled immediately will cause damage to the intestine and can also cause infection to death.
Therefore, immediately consult your child to the doctor to handle it immediately, because this is an emergency category.
