navel pain and discharges

[mark_tryke]

i want to ask question about my navel issues. i experienced minimal pain on ny navel whenever i sit down or stretch my body. After 4 days of the pain experience, i noticed some pink to dark red discharges (i think it is sort of blood) on my navel. Then 3 days after that i experienced the discharges i went to a physician. she prescribed me antibiotics  Enhamox (Co-amoxiclav) BID for 10 days. She advised me to clean the area with hydrogen peroxide and apply the gentamycin cream she prescribed to me. til now, 5 days of doing what she prescribed, my navel problem is still there..what would i do?? and addition, when i consulted the doctor, she asjed me if i have a fever at that time. then i said no. but in the present, i develop fever for 2 days of occurence. please help me..

[jagesh50]

I am sorry that you still have the problem,presumably the antibiotic not being effective.Sometimes anerobic organisms are responsible.A course of metronidazole ,Flagyl400mg three times a day for 5 days as prescribed by the physician, with alcohol abstinence during treatment would help.Do consult and best to get a surgical opinion too.

[mark_tryke]

what could be the possible cause of this condition???what will happen if i gnore this condition??please reply...

[jagesh50]

Commonest is umbilical infections,rare are congental anomalies,ie birth defects.The earlier ones can be easily be treated like in your case,but the later ones may need surgery to prevent recurrence.

[jagesh50]

Adult presentations are extremely rare. We report the case of a 44-year-old man with a patent omphalomesenteric duct (POMD). He was admitted with a foul-smelling discharge from the umbilicus. Laparoscopic resection of patent omphalomesenteric duct in an adult
Journal Surgical Endoscopy
Publisher Springer New York
ISSN 0930-2794 (Print) 1432-2218 (Online)
Category Case report
DOI 10.1007/s00464-002-4209-2
Subject Collection Medicine
SpringerLink Date Thursday, February 19, 2004 laparoscopic resection of patent omphalomesenteric duct in an adult
Journal Surgical Endoscopy.   The rarity is evident.