Couple of balls found on my stomach

[Pgomez300]

Hello everyone, 

im new here, sorry for my english, is not my first language. 

Im writing because a saw your messages about having fatty tissue on your abdomen. 

I recently found a couple of balls that feel like veins to the touch in the upper part of my belly buttom (diagonal each side).

i went to the ER and they dont know what it is, I have an appointment with a surgeon to see what kind of images he would like.

At first it just looked like I was gaining weight, two spots that looked like cellulite type skin (im not overweight) but had a 10 pound baby and have diastisis.

But now I touch it and feels like bumps, and hurts like a bruise to the toach. Now I move and feel it and am aware of it all the time. When I sit down I also feel it a lot.

I had a rash on top of it for a day which later on disappeared.

I also have been having an upset stomach with some nausea. I dont know if is a coincidence. 
 

Im scared. Anybody else with these? Can I share pictures?

 

thank you !

 

[cristiana]

Hello @Pgomez300 and welcome to the forum!

Firstly, I ought to say I am not medically qualified.

However, I remember asking my GP about lumps in my abdomen.  They were very noticeable when I lost a lot of weight when I was first ill with coeliac disease.  She laughed and said, "It's fat!"  Oddly enough a friend of mine has just found a very large lump near her belly button and the diagnosis was a lipoma, a fatty lump, too.  

So what you are noticing might be that.  Or you could also have an umbilical hernia, which is what I have too.  It hasn't changed in years, it's fatty tissue rather than my gut and if I put on weight or am wearing too tight clothes sometimes I have pain there.

The fact you have a rash there might just be coincidental?

I am a great worrier when I get weird symptoms.  So I get that you are worried, but try not to. 🤗 There could be some really simple explanations.

But obviously, not being a doctor we cannot make that call.  Well done for getting it checked out. Do let us know how you get on.

Cristiana

[Scott Adams]

If you believe that the rash or other symptoms you have might be caused by gluten sensitivity, then perhaps you could ask your doctor to have you screened for celiac disease? Some of the symptoms you mentioned, with the exception of the rash and nausea, don't sound like typical celiac disease symptoms, however, the only way to know for sure would be to get screened.

[cristiana]

@Pgomez300

In answer to your separate question, no images or any other tests were done.  

 

Edited September 30, 2024 by cristiana