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Pain & baseball sized lump behind & to left of navel, postop scars in navel are red and have foul smelling gray-yellow discharge. tearing pain inside?

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Cellulitis: this sounds like a skin infection or cellulitis. You need to see a doctor ASAP as this sounds that you require treatment with antibiotics. Meanwhile I would apply hot wet soaks to the area

Answered 7/12/2016

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