A hard lump one inch above the navel may be caused by improper diet, constipation, intestinal lesions and other factors.
1. Improper diet: patients after eating, especially eat some hard and difficult to digest food, may lead to food, feces stay in the intestinal tract, which leads to hard lumps above the navel.
2. Constipation: constipated patients are prone to fecal matter or dry stools in the transverse colon, fecal matter can be felt when it accumulates in the transverse colon, which can be clearly seen by CT examination.
3. Intestinal lesions: For example, if there is tumor in the transverse colon, pancreatic cancer, etc., hard lumps can appear in the navel of the patient, and it is generally easier to find out the cause of the hard lumps through the enhanced CT examination of the upper abdomen.
Therefore, when the patient has a hard lump one inch above the navel, he should consult the doctor in time, and make a clear diagnosis and deal with it under the guidance of professional doctors.