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Hello Dr..
My son who is now 2 months old, I could see his belly button kind of swallon.. like d belly button is not pressed in normally how it has to b.. its like it has cum out.. looks lik swallon.. so please tell me wat should i do n is this normal??
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Dr. R. Kamalakannan
GastroIntestinal Surgeon
25 yrs exp
Chennai
This is called as umbilical hernia due to muscle weakness. Your son is only 2 months old and smaller hernia . So you can wait for one year. Most of these will corrected by itself due to muscle development . If not in later years , he may need surgery .
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