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Been having a sharp throbbing pain just below my belly button in the center. the pain increases when i take a deep breath. the pain comes and goes?

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Dr. Leila Hashemi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Evaluation: hi, there is no way anyone could tell you what exactly going on with u without a thorough history and physical examination, please see ur MD for evaluation, it could be just muscle pain, Urinary tract infection, ovarian cyst among other things.

Answered 9/12/2014

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