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What Causes Pain And Swelling Over Belly Button After Eating And Drinking?

hi I have pain and swelling over my belly button and it hurts almost everytime I eat and drink, it always makes me look pregnant. when the pain starts I have to put a warm pillow on it and it also churns like gas, please tell me what you think it could be besides gas.
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
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Hi.This is not just a gas.
This is indicative of an obstruction somewhere in the GI tract, or may be a pseudocyst of pancreas, stomach outlet obstruction and so on.
The best diagnosis is made by the following:
-Upper GI Endoscopy
-Ultrasonography to start with.
-Confirmation by contrast enhanced CT scan of the whole abdomen.
-Enteroclysis if required.

Once the diagnosis is made , treatment can be decided according to the findings and patient be prepared well in advance for a better outcome of the surgery. This is done by getting the hemoglobin and serum proteins, multivitamins corrected as such patients will have multiple deficiencies.
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What Causes Pain And Swelling Over Belly Button After Eating And Drinking?

Hi.This is not just a gas. This is indicative of an obstruction somewhere in the GI tract, or may be a pseudocyst of pancreas, stomach outlet obstruction and so on. The best diagnosis is made by the following: -Upper GI Endoscopy -Ultrasonography to start with. -Confirmation by contrast enhanced CT scan of the whole abdomen. -Enteroclysis if required. Once the diagnosis is made , treatment can be decided according to the findings and patient be prepared well in advance for a better outcome of the surgery. This is done by getting the hemoglobin and serum proteins, multivitamins corrected as such patients will have multiple deficiencies.