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So I have been thinking I have an infection in my belly button recently so today I thought it would be a good idea to stick my finger in my belly button and smell it to see if it had an odour. Later on I was sitting on the bed and wasn’t thinking and I put my finger in my nose the same one I put in the belly button as soon as I realized I ran to the bathroom to clean my nose out with water. I don’t want any infection going into my brain cause I accidentally put my finger in there. Can this happen? I’m so nervous now I’m worried it will infect my brain or something ugggggh embarrassing I know but please reply

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kevoreally

Do not worry lets thibk logics here

Why would you have an infection in the crevice of your belly button?

Lets say you did your brain would not get affected through your nose i say this because your brain isnt in your nose and your nasal cavity goes to your throat youd have to stick your finger very far up your nose to even have a sligtest issue Nearly impossible eith the size of our fingers vs nostrils

Let that be your savior because im very sure you dont have an infection

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Thank You for responding LOL such an embarrassing post but nonetheless here I am worrying anyway....I felt the need to post just to be sure. That’s a relief I know it probably sounds stupid but I figured I’d ask anyway to ease my mind

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Nah nothings a stupid post on this forum no judgements from me i assure you :)

Any time you need reassurance this forum is perfect for such thing

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Thank you very much for being so supportive 😊 I figure it’s better to be safe than sorry and I’d much rather come on here and get a quick response from other people who go through something similar rather than visiting dr google and having it tell me I’ll have a heart attack etc scares you more than anything!

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But my question is what makes you think you have an infection?

Did you ct yor belly button? Did you have surgery?

A small papercut wont get it infected also you would really know when an infection arised as it would be tender and swollen

And red around the area

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The only reason is because I recently got my bloodwork results back and the dr told me my White Blood Cells, Red Blood Cells, Lymphocytes & Platelets are all higher than they should be by a bit. They said that this could be due to chronic infection somewhere in my body but they’re not sure where. When I was having a bath the other day I thought I smelled a bit of infection so today I thought of checking my belly button because it seemed like it. It did have an odour when I checked then I stupidly put my finger in my nose the same one I had used for that so then I panicked....I have to go back for more bloodwork in a couple of weeks to see if it changes

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Have you done a full body scan and if you have a significant other see if they can help search the spots that you cant see

Also chronic infection on the body could be as little as a papercut

Also im very curious as to how you got to smell your belly button are you that flexible haha! Jk

But all seriousness you are aye okay 👌🏽

Im glad you seek help via the site and not google smart choice and very wise of you :)

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Full body scan for what, an infection? I haven’t seen anything else on the outside part of my body. The Dr said they always assume it’s an infection first with those blood results before they think it’s anything more serious like Leukaemia etc.

I put my finger in my belly button and smelled it LOL no not that flexible. I have a very deep belly button maybe that’s why it smelled funny? I’m not sure

Okay thank you very much. Yes that’s what I thought too :) Better to come on here for answers

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