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I have pain above the belly button, burning and stinging. Is this normal?

mbatt2017Nov 17, 2017
I have pain above the belly button and burning and stinging also my stitches has opened up, I had inner stitches (dissolving) and then they used super glue on the outside to hold it together

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Dr. Larry Lickstein, MD
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Answered on Nov 24, 2017
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