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Swollen, Red Belly Button. Yellow Pus With Blood, Painful. Throat Pain. Related To Belly Button?

My belly button is swollen and red and leaking yellow pus with blood and severe pain. At the same time my throat has been hurting but no other cold symptoms are these two related? Should I see ,y doctor? This is the third time in three years I have had this belly button infection and last time I got an ultrasound but they didn t see anything
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Internal Medicine Specialist 's  Response
Hello,

These two are separate issues. Belly button issue can be a umbilical fistula , sometime they might have internal connection.Ideally a this needs to be investigated by a fistulogram.

For throat symptoms you can take regular sore throat treatment.

Regards.
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Swollen, Red Belly Button. Yellow Pus With Blood, Painful. Throat Pain. Related To Belly Button?

Hello, These two are separate issues. Belly button issue can be a umbilical fistula , sometime they might have internal connection.Ideally a this needs to be investigated by a fistulogram. For throat symptoms you can take regular sore throat treatment. Regards.