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Umbilical hernia

2024-01-23 04:14:00
My 47days old baby boy has umbilical hernia as like attached in pictures. One when the baby's belly normal and another when the baby squeeze his body. When I consulted a doctor he said not to worry it will go by 1 year of age. When I shown to doctor it was little smaller in size. Now it looks like this. Am scared please help my baby.
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Generally hernia regress when baby starts crawling.. if hernia become red swollen and painful then it is emwrgency… till then wait and watch upto 2 years

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Wait till age of 1 year

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Hello,umbilical hernia generally resolve by 1 year of age..

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Normal for age Revisit at 6 months of age

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Wait n watch.

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