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When i bend backwards i can see a balloon like shape above belly button pretty big can't see it while sitting or standing cant push it in stays there?
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Swelling: sounds like a hernia or lipoma. see your doctor and get a ultrasound scan done . that will give you the answer.
Answered 9/12/2017
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Overweight?: Maybe it could be DIASTASIS RECTI, a benign condition of the midline abdominal wall being stretched out. Usually occurs in older, overweight people..
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