What Your Belly Button Says About Your Health

Most bellybuttons are a breeding ground for bacteria since they’re a dark moist area where skin often rests against skin. As a result you could get a yeast infection in your bellybutton.

When I touch my belly button I feel it in my?

If you’ve poked your belly button and felt like you’ve needed to pee you’re not alone. Dr Christopher Hollingsworth of NYC Surgical Associates said it’s down to sensory nerve fibres in the internal lining of your stomach cavity.

Is playing with your belly button bad?

Playing with the navel is even less of an issue than self-stimulating the genitals. It is impossible to stop a baby from self stimulating the parts of the body and it is wrong to do so. Since it is part of normal development parents have to accept this.

What type of belly button does a girl want?

According to a study at the University of Missouri small T-shaped belly buttons are the most attractive. Researchers showed pictures of innies outies and belly buttons of all shapes and sizes to a group of men and women who rated them on a scale of 1 to 10 from least to most attractive.

What is the purpose of belly button?

Your belly button marks the spot where your umbilical (say: um-BIL-ih-kul) cord was once attached. This cord is a soft bendable tube that carried nutrients — vitamins and minerals — from your mother to you back when you were in her belly (womb). A belly button is also called a navel.

Can your belly button make you sick?

Dirt bacteria fungus and germs can get trapped inside your belly button and start to multiply which can cause an infection. If you develop a belly button infection you might notice white yellow brown or bloody discharge seeping out of it.

Can you use hydrogen peroxide to clean belly button?

Here are the steps: Depending on the sensitivity of your skin you can use water a saltwater solution or hydrogen peroxide to clean your belly button. Dip one side of a cotton swab into a cleansing agent and gently wipe your belly button.

Why do belly buttons get smelly?

Most belly buttons are indented so act as a trap for sweat dead skin and dirt. Few people wash the belly button with soap so germs can develop. The most common cause for a belly button smell is poor hygiene. All areas of the body need to be washed regularly to stay clean and healthy.

Why when I touch my belly button I have to pee?

Dr Christopher Hollingsworth of NYC Surgical Associates explained to Lad Bible that often despite inducing the feeling of needing to pee touching the belly button actually stimulates the lining of the stomach so that you think you need the loo even though you may not.

Can you reopen your belly button?

No! The belly button is kind of like a scar. You can’t reopen your belly button. Depending on how the scar tissue forms will decide whether you have an innie or an outie!

Why does my groin hurt when I poke my belly button?

A bulge near the belly button is the most common symptom. You may also experience pain in the area near your groin. Hernias are caused by increased pressure near the belly button and part of the intestine or fatty tissue then bulges out. Hernias should be treated surgically.

Can you get pregnant if sperm goes in your belly button?

You can’t get pregnant through your belly-button but sperm can travel on the penis to vagina or on hands/fingers to the vagina and this does put a person at risk for pregnancy! No matter where a person ejaculates if there is sperm in contact with the vagina there is a risk of pregnancy.

What does it mean when a girl shows you her belly?

She’s showing you her belly button.

But we’re referring to The Belly Button Rule: If she’s facing it in your direction she likes you. “If her belly button is toward the door she wants out ” Driver says. “That’s called naval intelligence.” We really like Janine so we didn’t tease her for making that joke.

Is the belly button a scar?

When you’re born the umbilical cord is cut and you have a small piece left called the umbilical stump. One to 2 weeks after birth this stump falls off and what remains is your belly button. As a result your belly button is essentially a scar.

What does a belly button hernia look like?

An umbilical hernia looks like a lump in the navel. It might become more obvious when the infant is laughing crying going to the toilet or coughing. When the child is lying down or relaxed the lump may shrink. It is not usually painful in children and infants.

Why do belly buttons collect lint?

Turns out navel lint is exactly what you think it is: a collection of stray clothing fibers. Just as your dryer collects rubbed-off threads and fibers in its lint trap your belly button can trap small particles that slough off of the clothing you wear.

Can I use baby oil to clean my belly button?

Use Shower Gel: It may not be good to clean the belly button with soap because the soap is hard in terms of its ingredients. Using a shower gel helps in this case. Using Hydrogen Peroxide: Equal quantities of hydrogen peroxide water and baby oil is the remedy to smelly belly button.

Do you need a flat stomach for a belly button piercing?

Contrary to popular myth however whether or not a belly button piercing will work for you has nothing to do with weight. “What it comes down to is the anatomy in the area you are piercing much more than someone’s overall body type ” she says.

Can your belly button change from Outie to innie?

No. Some people claim you can change an outie to an innie – by taping a quarter over it for example – but it’s just not true.

Does it hurt to re pierce belly button?

Your second question – piercing through scar tissue CAN hurt worse but it doesn’t always. Everybody’s body is different. Your piercer might decide to go straight through it or they might pierce you in a slightly different position to try to avoid it.

Can a virgin get pregnant in a pool?

Similarly if someone ejaculates in warm water there’s a very slight chance that sperm could enter the vagina and result in pregnancy but again it’s not likely. If it’s a hot tub pool or bubble bath the chemicals will kill the sperm cells in a matter of seconds and pregnancy is almost impossible.

Can males get pregnant?