Infection - Infected scar

Lil.Monster · 01-04-2008, 08:46 PM

I had an apendectomy, a yr ago, ive got 3 key hole scars, the one inside my belly button has never ever healed properly, thers always been a hole in the scar, but anyway, its so painful & its got a big lump in the scar, and red & gross, do you reckon it's infected?
It hurrttts

poor belly button.

Animad · 01-04-2008, 10:34 PM

Like a hole through your scar or just a dint where its scarred but not to the extent of the rest of it?

Lil.Monster · 01-04-2008, 10:47 PM

its a hole, i could poke somethign in it, the rest of it healed so well & so fast, its so weird & sore

Animad · 01-04-2008, 10:52 PM

So it's been properly open for a year?

It could be that bacteria got into the wound as it wasn't fully healed and it became infected and it has caused an abscess under the scar. The is backed up by it being hot/swollen/painful.

It could be something else though like a cyst

It is probably best to get it looked at especially if the original wound didn't heal it might need re-opening, the scar tissue cut away and be sutured up to ensure it fully heals. However, for a wound not to heal after a year is VERY bizarre.

Do you have an ED?

Lil.Monster · 01-04-2008, 11:04 PM

erm, some say I do. yeah. why would that matter though?
it's like a big bump underneath, it's quite visbale. *pokes it* it's hard!

x-dying-inside-x · 01-04-2008, 11:10 PM

the lump sounds like scar tissus but your belly botton shouldnt hurt hunny.
do see you gp get it checked out.

Bitter_Angel · 01-04-2008, 11:18 PM

As mentioned above, you need to get this checked out. You might just need it to be closed properly to prevent further problems.

Animad · 01-04-2008, 11:19 PM

If you have an ED you might be deficient in some of the vits and mins that are required for healing such as Zinc and Vits a and e that come to mind but still after a year it should have healed unless you've kept re-opening it or something.

It may just be that you've produced excess scar tissue but I'd have thought that would have occurred by now unless this is just the whole of the wound finally closing. Cysts can be quite hard or as you say its swollen/ painful it could be an infection if it definately hasnt healed fully (not that I'm saying I think you're lying but it could be that it looks it from where it is like it hadnt but it might just have a scar that is lower at that point). I'd go and see a doctor as it is painful and you're not sure what it is.