Pain and liquid from my belly button?!
Question:
Pain and liquid from my belly button?
I am having this awful pulling pain in my belly button and I know that this may sound nasty but it is also oozing a liquid that is red and cloudy, anyone that has any idea what this is please contact me and help, thanks in advance.
Answers:
1st off go get it checked out by a dr!!!!!! 2nd i have the same thing but mine isnt a red cloudy liquid but it is foul smelling... and it does burn/hurt.... dr. oz on oprah had someone ask a question about this and he said DO NOT CLEAN WITH ANY SOLUTION go to a dr... something about the belly button didnt completely close? that or a hernia in the abdomen... im looking for the article now.....
http://www2.oprah.com/health/oz/oz_20070...
Occasionally, a liquid forms in my belly button that has a strange odor. Why does this happen and how can I prevent it from happening again?
If you find you've got a smelly belly, start contemplating your navel.
If you have an "outie," Dr. Oz says you could have a small hernia that's been there since your birth. Normally with an outie, there's no consequence and nothing needs to be done. But if it regularly becomes infected and there is a "creamy and constant" discharge, Dr. Oz says you should speak with your doctor.
"Remember your entire bowel system was connected to your mother through that one little hole," he says. "So if it doesn't heal all the way when you're born, you can have a little bit of tissue in there that will continue to accumulate fluid and it will push it out."
One thing you absolutely should not do is use rubbing alcohol to clean that wound…or any wound, for that matter. "When you have a wound of any kind in your body, you never want to put a solution in there that you wouldn't put in your eyes," Dr. Oz says. "What happens when you use alcohol is you kill 50 [bad] bacteria, but you kill 500 million of your own defender cells. You want to use solutions that your body likes so you help the good guys."
Instead of a harsh cleanser, Dr. Oz recommends using a salt solution like the one used for the neti pot: about a quarter-teaspoon of salt mixed with warm water.