When I was a child, I heard adults say that my navel cannot be picked, otherwise my intestines will rot away, so I firmly remembered this threat and never touched it again.
When I grew up, I gradually disagreed. I washed my navel as soon as I needed it. I even picked it out and never had a what problem.
It was not until I became a doctor and really understood the navel that I found that people misunderstood the navel more.
Deep navel, silver, shallow navel, tiles?
Unless you are superstitious, you won’t believe this kind of nonsense, will you?
Liars who read photos and tell fortune are willing to look at fate from the depth of navel. Although people with a little common sense all know that those are nonsense, why is navel deep and shallow?
In fact, the navel is the natural [landmark] of the human body. No matter fat or thin, the navel is nailed to the midline of abdominal muscles like a rivet.
Therefore, the answer to this question is very simple:
- Bodybuilding people are muscular, have a flat abdomen, and their navel can stay where it is without what’s effort, so they look shallow. Obese people have thick fat in their abdomen, and their navel sticks to its original position and pulls it out of a deep pit.
The shape of the navel is ugly. Is it all because the doctor’s skill is not good?
This really can’t depend on others, can only blame oneself bad luck.
The shape of the navel has little to do with umbilical cord ligation. No matter what ligation, the umbilical cord stump experiences falling off, necrosis and depression, thus forming the shape of the navel.
The shape of navel is related to the physical condition of infants, whether infection occurs after ligation, and the thickness of subcutaneous fat in adults.
Therefore, don’t blame the doctor who ligated your umbilical cord for the bad appearance of your navel.
Some children and pregnant women will have prominent navel due to high abdominal pressure, but usually the children will recover by themselves when they grow up, while the abdominal pressure of pregnant women will decrease after delivery, and the navel will also retract. Generally, there is no need to worry too much about the abnormal shape of such navel.
Is the navel still connected to the internal organs?
False.
Some people joked that navel can help us distinguish the positive from the negative. In fact, this sounds rough but not reasonable, because as soon as you are born, the mission of navel will be completed.
The navel used to be very important. Together with the umbilical cord, it connected the mother’s placenta with the fetus’s liver, supplying necessary nutrients and discharging metabolic waste.
After the fetus is born, it is separated from its mother, and the umbilical cord is ligated and cut off. The umbilical cord with blood flow degenerates into hepatic round ligament, and the arteries and veins therein are also locked and hidden in the abdominal cavity.
The navel, as the relic of the umbilical cord, has no special physiological function after the fetus is born and is a weak area on the midline of the abdomen. Only in the process of certain diseases will the navel change, such as cirrhosis and portal hypertension, the umbilical vein will reopen.
Therefore, belly button is equivalent to [scar], wearing navel-baring clothes will not hurt it, and girls who love beauty can rest assured.
Navel can’t wash, can’t pick?
Of course it can be washed.
Under normal circumstances, dirt is easy to remain on the navel. Many people will have such doubts: Should the dirt in the navel be washed?
In fact, these dirt is a mixture of skin exfoliated cells and impurities such as sweat and dust. It is no different from mud masses rubbed out from other parts of the body. It is good to wash them away.
In general, the dirt will not cause harm to health and has no peculiar smell. If the odor is red and swollen, it is likely that omphalitis occurs due to umbilical infection.
Ophalitis is common in improper navel care of newborns, and adults occasionally suffer from secondary infection due to local skin lacerations, which are mostly related to local sultry humidity, skin scratching and improper cleaning.
Some people also like to pick their navel. In fact, it is okay to pick it twice gently, but the premise is that their hands should be clean and their movements should be light.
Although the function of the umbilical cord has deteriorated, the nerve reflex of the internal organs still exists. Putting hard on the navel will stimulate it and cause discomfort to the digestive system. If you dig too hard to break the skin, you must pay attention to disinfection and cleaning care to prevent skin infection from causing omphalitis.
In short, although picking the navel will not [rot the intestines], it is not a good habit in what, so people are not encouraged to do so.
If you really feel that your navel is dirty, you need to clean it. A better way is to wipe it gently with a cotton swab dipped in water.
Pay attention to the action must be light, just wipe the place that is easy to wipe clean, don’t force it when you feel uncomfortable.
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