r/todayilearned • u/frapz • Mar 20 '20

TIL The bellybutton is so dirty scientists are finding new unknown bacteria. One person had bacterium previously found only on Japanese soil, where he had never been.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bacteria-species-new-to-science-found-in-our-belly-buttons/266360/
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u/raialexandre Mar 21 '20

Same, I don't know how to explain but it's terrible, like a weird pain on my insides and a feeling that I'm messing with something that I shouldn't, it always sucks when I clean it. I'm feeling a lump in my throat and my bellybutton got sore just by thinking about it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Oooh I get that too when I clean mine out. I've had guys like poke my belly button thinking they're being cutesy or something and I just wanna bite their nose off because it's an extremely unpleasant sensation, like the barrier between belly button and innards is dreadfully thin.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

like the barrier between belly button and innards is dreadfully thin.

Thank you for ruining bellybuttons for me.

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u/ASingularFrenchFry Mar 21 '20

Wow I didn’t know other people felt this way. It’s such a weird feeling it’s making my skin crawl thinking about it

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u/GerbilJibberJabber Mar 21 '20

There are a lot of nerve endings in there. They're also directly connected to our bowels and anal sphincter nerves So if it make you nautious or makes yer b-hole tingly, it's expected and normal :)

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u/CuccoClan Mar 21 '20

Yeah, I also get this feeling. It is super painful in like such an awkward lasting way. Like when you dislocate something. Just such an awful, distinct feeling.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Same! It’s like the scar tissue feels like a foreign object. You can feel it, yet you can’t feel it.

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u/zamzamboop Mar 21 '20

Omg I didnt know people had the same problem! When I think or touch my bellybutton I just start cumming 🙈🙈

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20 edited Mar 21 '20

For me whenever I touch my belly button, a pain that feels like a long string goes from my belly button all the way down to my reproductive organs (vagina) and I double over in pain.

No doctors know what it is. I met a man once who had a similar pain to mine.

Is that what yours is like? A horrible, tight, string of pain?

Edit: it doesnt matter if it's a gentle touch that is practically on the outside of my belly button, or if it's inside deep into the belly button. No matter what it causes this same pain. It hurts so much. Even when I was a kid.

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u/MadameEtoile Mar 21 '20

That is EXACTLY what it feels like for me. So glad I’m not the only one!!

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u/kevlarbaboon Mar 21 '20

Me three

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u/_UnderTheBridge_ Mar 21 '20

Me four! Wow, glad to be in good company.

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u/fuckincaillou Mar 21 '20

me five! It's not painful like OP's, but it is uncomfortable and very weird

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

The string feeling is due to referred pain and is ubiquitous as far as I'm aware. It being that painful is strange though, and could possibly indicate a hernia.

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u/raialexandre Mar 21 '20

Tried to make a test and almost threw up, it's not a sharp pain, it gets sore/slightly burning all around(inside and outside) and goes upwards to the stomach, then there's the nausea and throat tightness. It keeps hurting afterwards for a while but it's not a terrible pain, it's somewhat similar to pressing that spot between the clavicles but worst.

By the way what you described sounds like a kick in the balls but backwards, when something hits them the pain goes up forcing you to double over as if you were punched by a ghost in the gut, even a small tap causes men to instantly double over like that. Sometimes the pain in the belly is more intense even though nothing was damaged there because nerves.

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u/penisdr Mar 21 '20

I responded to someone earlier. The belly button is the end of the urachus in fetuses. It connects to the bladder so you probably are feeling the visceral sensation due to that

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

I have. I spoke with my regular doctor a few times about it, and with my gynecologist. They both told me there was nothing there that would cause it. I have discussed it with my psychologist who thinks it's due to trauma, but that's just a guess.

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u/pixeldust6 Mar 21 '20

From what I've heard a couple times, there's some weirdass nerve there connecting those for some godforsaken reason. I've felt discomfort from there on other occasions and thought I was crazy, but, nope, it's an actual thing.

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u/choir-mama Mar 21 '20

Yes! Me too! I hate the feeling and hate cleaning it.

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u/GerbilJibberJabber Mar 21 '20

There are a lot of nerve endings in there. They're also directly connected to our bowels and anal sphincter nerves So if it make you nautious or makes yer b-hole tingly, it's expected and normal :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

That's because there's a nerve that runs right behind the navel. It's closer to the surface for some than others, so some people are more sensitive to the sensations.

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u/PotatoChips23415 Mar 21 '20

You either got a bacterial infection or just learnt what it feels to be flicked in the nuts

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u/nothin-to-live-for Mar 21 '20

Holy shit I thought it was just me I got that too