Health Blurbs

If you are experiencing intense, sharp pain with tenderness around your belly button, or navel, you need to seek medical attention immediately and be evaluated for appendicitis.

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. Once it starts, it is considered a medical emergency.  And if your navel pain and tenderness istreated promptly, you have great odds for recovery without difficulty.

However, if you delay treatment, your appendix can burst which may cause an infection or in some cases death. Anyone can get appendicitis, but most often occurs in those between the age of 10 and 30.

Appendicitis symptoms include:

• nausea
• vomiting
• loss of appetite
• abdominal swelling
• inability to pass gas
• constipation or diarrhea
• low fever that begins after other symptoms
• pain in the abdomen ~ first around the belly button (navel), then moving to the lower right area

Not everyone has all these symptoms with their appendicitis.

If you notice your navel pain intensify and worsen with movement, taking in deep breaths, or this painful belly button area becomes very tender, then you need to seek medical attention now. Don’t panic, just do it.

Should you find out that something else is causing your navel belly button pain and tenderness, you will at least be alive to chuckle about it.

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