Oncologist and proctologist Elena Smirnova explained what can mean pain that occurs when pressure is applied to the navel. About 2-5% of people, as the specialist writes on his Instagram page, have an education - Meckel’s diverticulum is a protrusion (pocket) at the end of the small intestine (from 1 to 12 cm).

The danger is that food, moving along the intestines, can get stuck in this pocket, where it begins to rot.. As a result, this threatens with bleeding, intestinal obstruction, perforation (rupture of the diverticulum), infringement, diverticulitis, reminiscent of the symptoms of appendicitis, and even neoplasms, although they are quite rare.

Treatment is possible only surgical, after removal, Meckel’s diverticulum is necessarily sent for histological examination.

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