Belly Button pain with fowl smell and started bleeding.

	Asked by Unregistered (Female; 51; USA; overweight, asthmatic, fibermialgia, severe allergies, urge incontinence; Relevant drugs:Singular, Allegra-D, Renitidine, Oxybuten, Zoloft, albuterol, Advair, Astelin ) on Sat 16, Aug 2008 10:57pm :
	I sometimes get a liquid and fowl smell from my belly button. I usually will take a Q-tip with peroxide and clean it out and its okay. Last night it started bleeding. I went through 4 kleenex and quite a few cotton balls. I finally had to bandage it. I'm still getting a little bit of bloody discharge but my stomach hurts and it feels like something is poking me. What could this be? I have an appt. with my doctor on the 26th should I try and go sooner?
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	Answer by Dr Smitha M, MD (doctor) on Sun 17, Aug 2008 01:28am: Hi, There are several conditions that can cause the symptoms you have described. Any such occurrence with regard to the umbilicus requires urgent medical attention given the potential to develop serious infections originating from a defect of the umbilical wall. This can be cellulitis or necrotizing fascitis and both have potentially serious and life-threatening effects. Disorders of the umbilicus involve fistulae, urachal sinus, urachal cyst, umbilical granuloma, umbilical infections, umbilical hernia, etc. You will need to seek medical attention at the earliest to identify the exact cause and extent of the problem and to have it receive adequate treatment at the earliest. It is definitely not a good idea to wait till the 26th. Call your doctor and fix an appointment to meet within a day or go to the ER. Do keep us posted on your doubts and progress. Thank you for using our service.  If you are satisfied with the answer or if you want a detailed answer for your question, please make a donation and request for further clarifications.  Our doctors will provide an elaborate answer for your clarification.   Please make a donation by clicking the button below. You may donate using funds from your PayPal account or Credit Card. Please rate my answer (select the stars below, no need to log in.)
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