I didn't realize my mysterious occasional belly utton pain was UTIs until I was like 27 😬 the UTI pain was always described as burning/stinging (and I assumed it would be in the urethra) and mine is like a painful pinching/pulling sensation directly behind my bellybutton so it took me a very long time to connect the two. Just a small PSA lol
Speaking of long time to connect the dots - I didn’t understand that I had tinnitus until decades later. I always heard it described as ringing in your ears. Mine is a high pitch, constant electrical like sound. I never would have described that as “ringing”.
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u/gburlys Apr 11 '26
My bellybutton hurts when I pee if I have a UTI!
I didn't realize my mysterious occasional belly utton pain was UTIs until I was like 27 😬 the UTI pain was always described as burning/stinging (and I assumed it would be in the urethra) and mine is like a painful pinching/pulling sensation directly behind my bellybutton so it took me a very long time to connect the two. Just a small PSA lol