Belly button pain can range from a dull ache to severe agony. The belly button area is known as the umbilicus. Its the spot where the umbilical cord (a tube that provides nutrients and oxygen to a ...

When he was just three months old, Lucy Muthoni's son, who is now six years old, developed a swelling on his umbilical cord which expanded whenever he cried. "My son used to cry and sometimes cough at ...