What are the symptoms of small intestinal hernia in children?

Children are very prone to intestinal hernia problems right after birth. It may not feel uncomfortable at the beginning, but if it is not treated in time, the small intestinal hernia will become more and more serious. The difficulty of treatment will gradually increase, and the child will gradually feel more painful. So what are the symptoms of small intestinal hernia in children?

It protrudes when standing, disappears when lying on your back, and can be returned to the abdominal cavity by pressing. However, incarcerated hernias and strangulated hernias are painful and difficult to push back into the abdominal cavity. If small intestinal hernia is allowed to develop, it is very likely to cause adhesion and incarceration, so it should be treated early.

The processus vaginalis has not closed or has not closed completely after the baby is born. Instead, it becomes a larger cavity, and the contents of the abdominal cavity will protrude to the body surface from here, forming a hernia. Because the right testicle descends slightly later than the left and the processus vaginalis is closed later, there are more cases of right inguinal hernias. Girls can also develop hernias due to weak abdominal walls, but the incidence is low.

In the early stages of pediatric hernia, the swelling may disappear when the child lies flat and quiet. As the intra-abdominal pressure continues to increase, the swelling may drop into the scrotum. At this time, if the factors causing increased intra-abdominal pressure can be eliminated, and the child can be made to lie flat, or the swelling can be gently pushed toward the abdominal cavity, the swelling can return to the abdominal cavity through the channel through which the testicle descends, and the swelling will disappear. If the tumor cannot be returned to the abdominal cavity, abdominal pain will be aggravated and the patient will cry continuously. An oval tumor with hard texture and obvious tenderness can be seen in the groin or scrotum. If the tumor has been incarcerated for a long time, redness and swelling can be seen on the skin. If the intestine cannot be returned for a long time, serious complications such as intestinal ischemia and necrosis may occur.

These are the symptoms that children will show when they suffer from hernia. So if parents find that their children have these problems, it is possible that their children have pediatric hernia. At this time, we must pay attention to helping children relieve the symptoms in time. The duration of treatment generally depends on the child's individual situation.