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Currently I have been noticing some waxy type substance in my belly button and it does not give off a good scent. Sometimes there is even some things that I pull out of there where it looks like that stuff has hardened. Is that normal? ( I take showers at least once a day)
Hi. Thanks for your query. This is called an umbilical granuloma. IT has the classical characters of stincking smell and discharge as you explained. Since it has got a stinking discharge this can be an umbilical sinus or a fistula, wherein there is connection between the umbilicus and wither the urachus meaning the urinary bladder or the intestines with Meckel's Diverticulitis. I would suggest you first to get a clinical examination done by a Surgeon and CT scan of the abdomen to confirm the diagnosis with associated problems as discussed. You will an exploratory surgery and to deal with the findings.
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Hi. Thanks for your query. This is called an umbilical granuloma. IT has the classical characters of stincking smell and discharge as you explained. Since it has got a stinking discharge this can be an umbilical sinus or a fistula, wherein there is connection between the umbilicus and wither the urachus meaning the urinary bladder or the intestines with Meckel s Diverticulitis. I would suggest you first to get a clinical examination done by a Surgeon and CT scan of the abdomen to confirm the diagnosis with associated problems as discussed. You will an exploratory surgery and to deal with the findings.