A hard lump four or five centimeters above the left side of the belly button may be caused by physiological factors, lipoma, stomach tumors and other diseases.
1. Physiological factors: patients consume food that is not easy to digest, which will cause the food to stay in the intestinal tract, and the symptom of a hard lump four or five inches above the left side of the navel will appear.
2. Lipoma: usually caused by genetic factors, abnormal fat metabolism and other factors, the patient will feel four or five centimeters above the left side of the navel with hard lumps, usually do not need special treatment, regular observation can be.
3. Gastric tumor: related to dietary factors, pathogenic microbial infections, age factors, genetic factors and other factors, patients will have the symptom of hard lump in the left upper abdomen, accompanied by anemia, black stool and other symptoms.
There are many other causes of hard lumps in the upper left four or five centimeters of the patient’s navel, so he should go to the hospital in time for examination, identify the specific cause of the disease, and then choose the appropriate method of treatment.