An umbilical hernia is a lump that appears when part of your intestines or other tissue sticks out through your abdominal muscles near your navel. It looks like a bulge around the belly button.

A hernia is a small hole in the abdominal wall, which usually holds your tissues and organs — including your stomach and ...

Differences in the thickness of the surrounding tissues at this stage may also play a role, allowing the belly button to push ...

We're talking about belly-button hernias. In the womb, the umbilical cord runs from your mom to you, passing through an opening in your abdominal muscles. Normally that opening seals up after you ...

The doctor explains that the procedure includes a small incision made at the base of the belly button. If any intestine is present in the hernia, it is placed back into the abdominal cavity.

Hernias can appear in the abdomen, groin, diaphragm, around the belly button, or through a scar. Some hernias are present at birth, while others are caused by injury or surgery. Not all hernias ...

We're talking about belly-button hernias. In the womb, the umbilical cord runs from your mom to you, passing through an opening in your abdominal muscles. Normally that opening seals up after you ...

This may be an umbilical hernia, meaning the area around the navel sticks out because of weak muscles around the belly button. This never causes pain nor trouble, and it often goes away on its own.