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Pain around navel

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Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The pain around the navel is a serious signal that destructive changes are occurring in the body. They must be stopped in order to regain the former quality of life. After all, the pain around the navel does not allow a person to live normally and even walk. Read more about the reasons.

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What diseases are signaled by pain in the navel?

It is a dysfunction of the small intestine (in particular, enteritis)

Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the small intestine - exacerbation processes

In this case, the mucosa is inflamed and its tissues are deformed. The cause may be infections that have entered the body, as well as giardia and manifestations of enterocolitis (large bowel deformity) in one bottle.

Among the symptoms of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the small intestine - pain, prolonged, aching, which can disturb a person, regardless of whether he ate or not.

Another inflammation of the mucous membrane is manifested by a sensation of distended abdomen, pain in the stomach and in the area of the navel; there can be no appetite, the person eats reluctantly. In the stomach at this time may rumble, it is swollen.

The skin can be pale, too dry, even the cream does not help with this dryness, the nails often break, and the gums bleed in spite of good toothpastes and brushes.

A person feels very tired and weak, quickly tired, he may have mood swings.

Appendicitis in acute form

Appendicitis is a disease of the internal organs of the abdominal cavity in an acute form, which necessarily requires the intervention of a surgeon. The pain overtakes a person suddenly, appearing in the area under the spoon and spreads throughout the abdomen, often concentrating around the navel.

The pain becomes more intense, gradually focusing on the right side of the body.

The temperature can be low, the heart beats often and unevenly, the tongue can be dry and painful. When the arms go down along the body, the pain on the right side of the body can become even stronger.

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Hernia of the navel

This disease is manifested by severe pain in the navel. A person suffers from vomiting, heart palpitations, accelerated gas, stomach is full, it can be constipated.

In the area of the abdomen, painful induration is felt when it is pressed with the fingers. This seal cannot be set, it hurts even more when pressed.

If the seal in the abdomen can be straightened, then it is a reducible hernia. If not, this is a strangulated hernia for which surgical methods of treatment should be applied.

If the hernia begins to reset itself, it can be dangerous because of the risk of infringing the gut even more and damaging it. And if you call an ambulance at the wrong time, then a person may be fatal due to the death of the intestinal tissue.

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Cancer of the small intestine

The initial stage of this disease is a manifestation of a painful symptom in the navel and the entire abdomen. And still a person is disturbed by such manifestations as vomiting, the stomach is inflated, the intestines, it seems, too, and it hurts throughout the entire area of its passage, especially strong pain is felt around the navel. A person can start to lose weight drastically and lose appetite.

By these signs, you can suspect cancer of the small intestine and immediately consult a doctor.

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Small intestinal diverticulitis

This disease can be diagnosed primarily by protrusion in the abdomen, in particular, the navel. These protrusions - diverticula - look like an inflated bag up to about three cm in diameter, and in rare cases up to 15 centimeters (and the minimum size can be from 3 mm). The intestinal mucosa protrudes through the intestinal muscles. Diverticulums can hit the intestines in any place. These places are very painful and give to the left side of the abdomen. In addition to visible signs, the temperature may also increase - to about 38 degrees.

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Migraine in abdominal form

This form of head and umbilical pain can affect even children between the ages of 12 and 13 years old - migraines have no age. The stomach with this form of migraine hurts very much, the pain is especially sharp in the navel. In addition to the pain around the navel, a person also has nausea, diarrhea, the skin becomes pale and dry, and there may be vomiting.

Pain in abdominal migraine lasts from 30-40 minutes to several days.

Abdominal migraine can be recognized by the simultaneous localization of pain in the head and abdomen. Pain can also alternate.

At risk of diseases of abdominal migraine may be adolescents, people under stress, patients with a hereditary predisposition to migraines, with activated blood flow in the abdominal aorta.

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Inversion of the intestine (thin)

This disease is also called intestinal obstruction. It begins with a sharp pain around the navel. In humans, intestinal obstruction occurs, due to which the abdominal region is incredibly sore. The pain can be cutting and starts from inside the abdominal cavity, as well as in the prevertebral region. Pain can be permanent or remind fights.

Most pain is localized to the right of the abdomen and in the area around the navel.

The condition is aggravated by vomiting, nausea, delayed bowel movements, gas in the intestine.

Inversion of the small intestine in the initial stage is characterized first by sharp constant pain, then it becomes similar to contractions.

The pain around the navel is becoming more intense, and it is so great that a person can scream from unbearable pain.

From the change of posture the pain does not pass, the person vomits. It is necessary to immediately call an ambulance to take the patient to the hospital.

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The pain around the navel is a danger signal

Even if a person has a navel area, this pain can be confused with the symptoms of other diseases. After all, pain in the abdomen can be a sign of at least 20-30 different diseases. And even the doctor can not always accurately determine the cause of pain - diagnosis is difficult.

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