Pain in abdomen

2017-01-11 07:40:21
Slight pain in the navel area. and symptoms match mild hernia and counsulted doctor but would like to have a second opinion Ultra scound scan reports are showing normal. also general checkup done in nov didn't show any abnormality. are some type of hernias invisible.
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Naval pain is either due to local disease like hernia or infection OR due to intra abdominal diseases . Ultrasound is highly sensitive to find out umbilical hernia. If report says as normal, it means normal. Still i will suggest clinical examination is the GOLD standard for diagnosing hernias.

Answered2017-01-11 17:02:00

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