Lump in the Abdomen
Alternate Names : Abdominal Hernia, Abdominal Wall Defects, Hernia - Abdominal
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Call your Health Care Provider if
- A hernia becomes progressively larger, discolored, or painful.
- An umbilical hernia fails to heal by the time the child is 5 years old.
- A person with a hernia develops fever, vomiting, abnormal appearance of the hernia, or if the hernia is (or appears to be) painful or tender. A strangulated hernia (one in which the blood supply is lost to the organs that protrude through the hernia) is a medical emergency! (Note: this is very rare with an umbilical hernia.)
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