What should I do if my child has a hernia, what should I do if my child has a hernia

Pediatric hernias are common in infants and young children, and are more common in men and premature births. There are many causes of hernia in children, mainly including congenital factors and acquired factors, acquired factors include coughing, sneezing, crying or defecation force, abdominal fat, etc. Pediatric hernia will cause greater harm to the growth and development of young children, which leads to parents of children who are very anxious after learning that their children have pediatric hernia, and do not know how to deal with it.

As a result, parents are under great physical and mental pressure, and sometimes even take some detours. But in fact, although pediatric hernia is more harmful, it is not a thorny clinical problem.

The child's future has an impact. Therefore, parents do not need to panic, the following will tell you what to do if your child has a hernia.

**What to do before?

After your child has a hernia, you should first pay attention not to make your child cry and avoid strenuous exercise to prevent the hernia from getting worse. If it is an inguinal hernia, pay attention to telling the child to lie down more often to avoid the hernia block coming out.

Umbilical hernias and inguinal hernias in newborns**.

For neonatal umbilical hernias, the vast majority of them can heal spontaneously before the age of 2 years without the need for surgery**. For neonatal inguinal hernia, surgery is not necessary if it is not incarcerated**, but if incarceration occurs, immediate medical attention is required, and if it can be reduced manually, it is actively reduced, and surgery is performed 3 days after reduction**. For children who are unable to reduce, prompt emergency surgery**** is required.

Pediatric hernia bands.

Don't know if it's an umbilical hernia or an inguinal hernia? My family is a bilateral inguinal hernia, although there is a doctor in my own family, but helpless, I hope that he will grow well before 6 months, and he will not grow until he is one year old.

Can be surgical or non-surgical****.

Try not to let your child cry or become constipated.

1. Try to avoid children crying. One of the factors that cause hernia is the child's crying, even coughing and strenuous exercise can cause the occurrence of hernia, so the above phenomenon should be avoided when nursing the child to avoid the recurrence of the hernia.

2. Pay attention to nutritional supplements. When a child has a hernia, it is also necessary to pay attention to nutrition, you can eat more fish, meat, eggs and milk and other foods that can replenish qi, and appropriately increase the nutrition in the diet.

3. Pay attention to rest. After a child has a hernia, prolonged activity, prolonged standing, and prolonged sitting may cause hernia, so pay attention to rest, preferably lying down.

4. Pay attention to the technique of acceptance. When a hernia occurs, the symptoms of the hernia can be relieved by manual reduction. When returning, care should be taken to push the hernia back into the abdominal cavity.

5. Exercise properly. Although exercise may make the hernia appear the first phenomenon, but appropriate exercise should still be carried out, as long as the degree of attention can achieve the purpose of enhancing the physique and avoid the recurrence of the hernia.

Pediatric hernia. Synonyms: Small intestinal gas.

Overview. **。

Diagnosis. **。

Diet. **Principle.

Pediatric conservative surgery within 1 year of age**, pediatric surgery over 1 year of age**.

**Policy. Pediatric conservative surgery within 1 year of age**, pediatric surgery over 1 year of age**.

Surgery**. Inguinal hernias in children over 1 year of age are generally considered to be non-healing and should be surgically spent**. However, age is not an absolute factor, and it should also be combined with the child's own situation, for example, the child is less than 1 year old, but the inguinal hernia is large or has repeated incarceration, and the risk of conservative ** increases, and surgery should also be carried out in time**; If you are more than one year old but have a weak constitution and a small hernia, you can also have surgery at an older age to reduce the risk of anesthesia and surgery.

High hernia sac ligation is the most important type of inguinal hernia in pediatric children, and the surgery is small and generally safe and reliable.

Detail. Other**.

Inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia in children under 1 year old have the possibility of self-healing, so conservative ** can be taken. Large or frequent prolapses can be applied to the hernia band for local compression, the goal of which is to prevent the hernia contents from protruding.

Prognosis. Pediatric hernia surgery is safe and reliable, with few complications, and the postoperative rate is about.

Reduce crying, protect in time, do not bulge, grow and develop quickly, and heal inevitably.