What is a hernia?
A hernia is the result of a body organ shifting towards another place unusually through a hole that is naturally present in the body or due to a distortion. Intestine .
Also, the internal opening can be inside the intestine, and it cannot be discerned except through analyzes and some symptoms that may affect the child, such as vomiting.
Internal hernia specific to the abdomen.
There are 3 types:
- Umbilical hernia: where the baby's navel remains swollen even when the remains of the umbilical cord are removed.
- Inguinal hernia: located in the lower abdomen.
- A hernia that affects the white thread that connects the chest to the end of the navel. The hernia is the result of an organ shifting, such as the small intestine or fatty tissue, from one place to another.
the reasons:
For the elderly, the hernia is the result of muscle weakness due to obesity, heavy lifting, or pregnancy for women, but for children
The hernia is the result of the inguinal canal, which is a place where the testicle is located and descends in its place at the appropriate time, and for the girl, the place of descent of the ovaries is in their place and closes naturally at birth
The hernia remains open when the baby is born early
Signs of hernia cannot appear early through analyzes.
His signs:
In most cases, the mother notices the presence of a hernia in the lower abdomen of her child when she changes diapers, knowing that the child does not feel pain, and the sign may disappear after minutes, which raises the confusion of the mother, and it is a normal hernia that the mother can put back in its place
And the presence of this hernia can be discovered by the direct doctor of the child through some medical analyzes that show its nature.
And with regard to complex hernias, it may appear suddenly when the mother notices her child crying unusually, and when changing diapers, the hernia appears in the lower abdomen in the form of a hard and red ball, and she cannot return it to its place because it contains organs, and it is preferable not to touch it, and it requires urgent diagnosis
It is noteworthy that the organs that are located inside the complex hernia cannot be tolerated for more than a few hours, as the situation becomes dangerous.
Signs of serious condition:
- The child vomited.
- Flatulence.
- High body temperatures.
- Inability to fart.
treatment:
In this case, a specialist doctor takes the necessary first aid by putting medicines intended for the purpose in the child’s exit to enable him to relax and push the organs in the hernia towards their normal place, and upon the success of the operation, the child is hospitalized until the date of the surgery
In the event that emergency aid is not successful, the child is kept in the hospital until the date of the surgery, and if this is not possible, an emergency operation is required.
