It hurts when I press below my belly button

Our abdomen contains many very important organs, and any abnormality in any part will cause pain. There are many possible reasons for pain when pressing below the belly button. After all, there are many possibilities of lesions in this area. It is difficult to determine the specific cause of a single pain. The causes vary for different genders. We can first have a full understanding of the general reasons. So, why does it hurt when you press below your belly button?

Abdominal pain usually refers to pain in the front of the body, from the lower edge of the ribs to the pubic bone. Generally speaking, pain can be divided into two types: dull pain and sharp pain (hernia pain). Dull pain refers to a dull pain, which is mostly caused by pain in organs or internal organs; sharp pain refers to very obvious pain, and the patient can clearly know the location of the pain, which is usually related to obstruction of the duct, such as bile duct stones and intestinal obstruction.

In most cases, there is a corresponding relationship between abdominal lesions and the location of abdominal pain. Generally, according to the location of abdominal organs, the abdomen can be divided into four areas with the navel as the center: upper right, lower right, upper left, and lower left. Depending on the location of abdominal pain, it can be divided into upper left abdominal pain, upper right abdominal pain, lower left abdominal pain, lower right abdominal pain and central abdominal pain.

If the pain is in the right upper abdomen, you need to consider problems with the liver, gallbladder, bile duct, pancreas, duodenum, right kidney, and right large intestine; if it is pain in the right lower abdomen, you need to think about the cecum, appendix, right ovary and fallopian tube, right ureter, etc.; if it is pain in the left upper abdomen, it may be caused by the stomach, spleen, pancreas, left kidney, and left large intestine; if it is pain in the left lower abdomen, it may be caused by the sigmoid colon, left ovary and fallopian tube, left ureter, etc.; if it is pain around the navel, it mainly indicates a small intestine disease. In addition, sometimes there may be widespread pain throughout the abdominal cavity. This is usually caused by inflammation of the peritoneum due to irritation for some reason, such as ulcer perforation, ectopic pregnancy rupture, and internal bleeding.

It is worth noting that some abdominal pain will shift with the influence of the lesion. For example, the pain starts in the center of the upper abdomen, gradually moves to the lower right within 24 hours and becomes more and more painful. This is an important sign of appendicitis. The pain was originally in the upper right corner and gradually extends to the bottom of the right rear shoulder blade. It may be a problem with the gallbladder or gallstones.