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Digestive & GastrointestinalMild
Umbilical Hernia
General Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Mild
Severity
Common in infants (self-resolving in most cases) and moderately common in adults, particularly those who are overweight or have had multiple pregnancies
Prevalence
No
Contagious
General Surgery
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1In infants
- 2results from incomplete closure of the umbilical ring after birth
- 3in adults
- 4it develops from chronic increased abdominal pressure combined with weakened abdominal wall tissue. Risk factors include obesity
- 5multiple pregnancies
- 6ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen)
- 7chronic coughing
- 8and prior abdominal surgery. Connective tissue weakness and repeated heavy straining also contribute.
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