### instruction:
If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patient's description.

### input:
I am a 19 year old Female in good health. I had my appendix out last Monday and today I have noticed, just above the scar area, there is a small hard lump. I am still bloated and swollen but otherwise on the road to recovery, there is no infection and everything looks neat but the lump feels uncomfortable and I am unsure if this is just the organs and surrounding areas settling back down. Is this anything I should get checked out or worry about?

### output:

Hi, Dear thanks for the query to Chat Doctor virtual Clinic. I studied your query in all the details put forth by you. I understood your health concerns. My replies are as follows-The problem of small hard lump above the scar area indicates only the underlying granulation around the FB of suture threads used if done by open method. In case It's done by endoscopic / laparoscopic route, then this could be resolving hematoma around the entry points. But the scar referred in your query confirms that it could be done by open standard incision method. The fact that lump feels uncomfortable confirms the healing process in the operated tissue in the abdominal wall.Don't worry of any organ and surrounding areas to be there. If the problem causes more discomfort, or it increases in size with pain and fever, you should consult your operating surgeon. Hope this would resolve your query with full satisfaction. Welcome for any further query in this regard to ME by direct question at Chat Doctor. Write excellent review and hit thanks, to narrate your experience, which would improve my rating for many other visitors to Chat Doctor. Wishing you fast recovery. Have a good day. Chat Doctor. N. Senior Surgical Consultant. M.S. Genl-CVTS