Pain around the navel in the elderly, the possible causes are gastrointestinal diseases such as intestinal dysfunction, vascular disease, umbilical hernia, umbilical inflammation and so on.
1. Gastrointestinal diseases: if the patient has gastrointestinal dysfunction, duodenal ulcer, pancreatic inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal pathology, it can be manifested as pain around the navel, but also accompanied by diarrhea and other symptoms.
2. Vascular disease: if abdominal aortic aneurysm and other vascular lesions, the patient may appear around the umbilicus pain symptoms, may also be accompanied by the phenomenon of skin pulsation.
3. Umbilical hernia: Umbilical hernia refers to the protrusion of abdominal contents from the umbilical weak area, which is a kind of extra-abdominal hernia, and patients with umbilical hernia will have pain around the umbilicus.
In addition, choledochal disease, umbilical inflammation, etc., may also lead to pain around the navel of the elderly, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner to identify the cause and timely treatment.