You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 65 and in good health. Recently during a physical, my ...

Question: I am a 22-year-old girl, and my belly button is an “outie.” All of my friends have “innies.” One of them told me that I probably have a hernia and need to get this fixed. It has never ...

Dear Dr. Donohue - I am 65 and in good health. Recently during a physical, my doctor pointed to my belly button and said, "You have a hernia." I had noticed a year ago that my belly button went from ...

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1. Why do I even have a belly button? Your belly button, or navel – clinically, your umbilicus – is the permanent scar left from where your umbilical cord connected your circulatory system, when you ...

When he was just three months old, Lucy Muthoni's son, who is now six years old, developed a swelling on his umbilical cord which expanded whenever he cried. "My son used to cry and sometimes cough at ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a hernia in my belly button for 20 years that didn't bother me until two weeks ago. Then, the pain hit, and the belly button could not be pushed in. I waited until Monday to call ...

Dr. Roach: I had a hernia in my belly button for 20 years that didn’t bother me until two weeks ago. Then, the pain hit, and the belly button could not be pushed in. I waited until Monday to call the ...