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What Could Be The Reason For Experiencing Pain Around My Belly Button?

Hi i have been experiencing pain around my belly button for a couple days and now there were obvious amounts of bad smelling brown liquid from there. When I was wiping it up I saw what appeared to be a bunch of dead skin coming from the center of it. What is this and am I okay?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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HI. This is an umbilical granuloma. You may need a small curratage and cleaning to be done by a surgeon and the condition will be healed. There is a small chance of a fistula which your surgeon will think about.
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What Could Be The Reason For Experiencing Pain Around My Belly Button?

HI. This is an umbilical granuloma. You may need a small curratage and cleaning to be done by a surgeon and the condition will be healed. There is a small chance of a fistula which your surgeon will think about.