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A member asked:

Hello, i had surgery 6 days ago in the navel area well now above my navel there is a hard tender lump is that normal?

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Wait till it heals: is only 6 days post OP , if you have no fever no pus draining , most likely normal healing and some blood collection is giving that hardness, call your surgeon and go for post OP follow up

Dr Brown agreed

Answered 4/27/2015

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