Symptoms of hernia in boys

Many boys are born with hernia, which is medically called inguinal hernia. The only way to cure it is through surgery. Some parents are not fully aware of the symptoms of hernia in male babies, so they don’t know that their babies have this disease and miss the best time for treatment. Let’s take a look at its symptoms together! I hope that through the detailed content below, everyone can understand this issue.

During the embryonic period, children have a "process vaginal process" in their groin that helps the testicles descend into the scrotum or be fixed by the round ligament of the uterus. After some children are born, this process vaginal process does not close completely, causing the small intestine, omentum, ovaries, fallopian tubes, etc. in the abdominal cavity to enter this process vaginal process, which becomes a hernia. If only peritoneal fluid enters the scrotum, it is scrotal edema. The general incidence of hernia is 1-4%, which is 10 times that of girls in boys and even higher in premature babies, and may occur on both sides.

symptom

1. Hernias in children may occur days, months or years after birth.

2. Usually when a child is crying, exercising vigorously, or has dry stools, there will be a protruding lump in the groin, which sometimes extends to the scrotum or labia area; it will disappear on its own when the child lies flat or is pressed with the hands.

3. Once the hernia becomes incarcerated (the hernia mass cannot be reduced), abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, anorexia or crying and irritability will occur.

4. In the early stage 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 disappears. This situation is called reducible hernia.

5. If the tumor cannot be returned to the abdominal cavity, abdominal pain will intensify, crying will continue, and then vomiting, abdominal distension, difficulty defecation and other intestinal obstruction symptoms will appear. An oval tumor can be seen in the groin or scrotum, with a hard texture and obvious tenderness. If the intestine is incarcerated for a long time, the skin will be red and swollen. If the intestine cannot be returned for a long time, serious complications such as intestinal ischemia and necrosis may occur.

I hope that after reading the above article, everyone can remember the symptoms of hernia in male babies. After keeping these symptoms in mind, you can discover hernia at the first time, and then seek treatment. This is definitely the best time for treatment. As long as the child receives treatment as soon as possible, he or she will be able to recover quickly, so there is no need to worry too much.