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An umbilical hernia is a protrusion (outward bulging) of the abdominal lining, or a portion of abdominal organ(s), through the area around the navel (belly-button). |
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Symptoms
A hernia can vary in width from less than 1 centimeter to more than 5 centimeters. There is a soft swelling over the ...
Causes
An umbilical hernia in an infant occurs when the muscle through which blood vessels pass to feed the developing fetus...
Treatments
Usually, no treatment is needed unless the hernia continues past age 3 or 4. In very rare cases, bowel or other tissu...
Prevention
There is no known way to prevent an umbilical hernia. Taping or "strapping" an umbilical hernia will not make it go a...
Doctor Specialties
Call your health care provider, or go to the emergency room if the infant has abdominal pain, or if the hernia become...
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