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His bellybutton is coming outside
Hello sir/mam
Please help me, my nephew is 2 months old, and his bellybutton is coming outside..
What i should do?
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Most umbilical hernias if less than 2 cm resolve on their own by 1 year of age . Surgery is required only if they cause symptoms like pain , tenderness, discolouration or irreducibility or in case it didn't spontaneously resolve by 4 -5 years of age.
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Most common cause is umbilical hernia
Burp the child well
Can wait as it resolves of its own
Just monitor for pain redness colour change... if all of these are there may need a surgery
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Hi,
Belly button, known medically as umbilical hernia
Normal conditions you can wait upto 4to 5 years
It will spontaneously comedown
Normally that swelling is not painful and increase on size while coughing, crying etc, and you can push it back to bowel cavity
But
If there is pain
Baby is irritable
Unable to push it back, then needs immediate
medical opinion
If not getting reduced by its own by 5to 5 years, needs to meet paediatric surgeon
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Send image or consult online for further assistance.
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