Why do infants and young children have protruding belly buttons?

Protruding belly buttons are a common symptom in infants and young children. This disease is not a serious illness. So what causes protruding belly buttons in infants and young children? If your child or infant has a protruding belly button, you don't need to worry about it. For some children, the symptom will gradually disappear after a period of time. In order to take good care of your child, let's take a detailed look at the introduction to protruding belly buttons in infants and young children.

Personally, I think you don’t need to worry too much about a baby’s protruding belly button, because my sister’s belly button has always been protruding when she was a child. I thought it was very strange at the time because ours are concave. But as she grew up, it naturally became normal and there was no problem in between.

Under normal circumstances, the belly button of a baby will be sunken after it grows out for a period of time after birth, but sometimes it will protrude. In this case, it is basically not a big deal if there are no other symptoms. It became normal naturally as you grew up, and there were no problems in between.

If a child is not well cared for at birth, it is easy for the belly button to protrude, so you should pay attention to care after birth. Just wipe the baby clean after bathing every day and then apply iodine. In infancy, the abdominal muscles on both sides do not completely close in the midline, leaving a defect, which is medically called the "umbilical ring". Therefore, when the intra-abdominal pressure increases due to excessive crying, coughing, diarrhea, etc., it will cause the abdominal viscera, especially the small intestine, along with the peritoneum and abdominal wall skin to gradually push outward from the navel, forming an umbilical hernia. Most infant umbilical hernias can heal themselves within one year through the gradual contraction of the umbilical fascia ring.

Hopefully, the above analysis and introduction on the problem of protruding belly buttons in infants and young children can help parents and friends. We also hope that parents will not be anxious. This disease is not a serious disease. We must avoid children crying incessantly and pay attention to the children's diet to avoid the onset of the disease.