I was just sleeved on Tuesday and I noticed that my belly button is leaking.. when I went to the bathroom I wiped and and it had a little bit of blood... and it hurts in that area a lot... has anyone experienced that?

Are you still on blood thinners at this point? And it's only blood, right? No foul-smelling, brown/green/gold/puss-like/etc drainage?

You really need to report it to your doctor. If it's just a little blood and only happened when you washed the area, I'd personally hold off on giving myself any additional doses of blood thinners until I spoke with my doctor first thing in the morning. If it's foul smelling, brown/green/gold/puss-like, OR the bleeding is heavy/continuous, I'd call NOW to report it to the doctor on-call tonight. Hope you're feeling better soon!

Since you were just sleeved, you might be a different case, but at about 6 weeks post-op for me, my belly button starting having a smelly discharge that was mixed with blood. It ended up being an infection (also causing a fever and related symptoms), and I had to take Keflex (an antibiotic) for a week to clear it up. I'd call the doctor to check up on it just to be safe.

Call your Dr. Random people on the internet are not qualified to give you medical advice.

Yes, call your surgeon ASAP. I had an incision get infected and am still dealing with it. The sooner you get help, the quicker you will be well.

I called my doc and he said as long as it doesn't have a foul smell it was good.. I'm keeping an eye on it

If your doctor say it was okay. I would take pictures and document it. If your still concern I would also see a home doctor for a second opinion. Make sure to keep the area clean.



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