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Painful Lump With Discharge In Belly Button. Healed On Medication. Relapse Of The Infection. Need Antibiotics?

Hi there, I have had infection in my belly button about a year ago. Started as pain right above my belly button, especially when I bent or put stress on my stomach . about a week later, I noticed a a little bump right on the upper wall of my belly button. I got it checked with the physician and she said it probably an abcess and advised to let it drain by itself. Couple of days later it burst and fould smelling discharge was draining. Got healed by it s own without taking any meds. The problem is it started again. Since last couple of days I ve been getting that same pain in the same area. Question is shall I leave it alone or start an antibiotic course or something?
Tue, 7 Aug 2012
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Hiwelcome to HCMForum. what you had above the belly button is an abscess having some organism ,at some point it bursts and evacuate almost all the pus. A milli fraction of the pus left undrained is with bacteria, and they start growing when grow enough to cause infection it flares and cause infection to form an abscess again.
I advise you to consult a surgeon for diagnosis and treatment. with drainage medicines also should be given. Thanks for calling.
General & Family Physician,  Dr. Bimal Desai's  Response
Hi,
Thanks for query,
You have recurrent infection.
Proper cleaning & removal of debris is required to protect from repeated infection.
There are chances that the smelling discharge coming from cyst may be sebeceous one.
Take your doctors opinion for need of incision .If your doctor feel the need to start antibiotics he can do it.
Thanks.
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Painful Lump With Discharge In Belly Button. Healed On Medication. Relapse Of The Infection. Need Antibiotics?

Hiwelcome to HCMForum. what you had above the belly button is an abscess having some organism ,at some point it bursts and evacuate almost all the pus. A milli fraction of the pus left undrained is with bacteria, and they start growing when grow enough to cause infection it flares and cause infection to form an abscess again. I advise you to consult a surgeon for diagnosis and treatment. with drainage medicines also should be given. Thanks for calling.