What causes abdominal hernia in children?

Inguinal hernia is a type of hernia next to a child's organs. Inguinal hernia often occurs around the baby's reproductive organs. If a child has such a condition, he needs to go to the hospital for treatment. Because the child is relatively small and has poor resistance, if he is infected with some diseases and not treated, it will cause great pain to the child. In response to this problem, the editor has compiled some causes and treatments of inguinal hernia, I hope it will be helpful to you.

Causes of inguinal hernia in babies

During fetal development, a boy's testicles develop in the abdomen, and then before birth, a pair of testicles descend into the scrotum through a canal in the tissue between the groin and the abdomen (called the "inguinal canal").

In girls, the ovaries also descend through the inguinal canal into the pelvic cavity (pelvis). Then the passage through the abdominal wall in the baby's body should close.

Symptoms of inguinal hernia in babies

If your baby is a boy and has an inguinal hernia, you will find a hard, oval-shaped mass about the size of your thumb in his groin area or scrotum.

The mass may bulge out when the baby is very active or crying (increasing the intra-abdominal pressure). When the baby calms down, the mass will return to the abdominal cavity and disappear.

Treatment of inguinal hernia in babies

For boys with inguinal hernias, your doctor may recommend a minor surgery to treat it, usually around the age of one. Because although inguinal hernia itself is not a big deal, the protruding intestinal tube may get stuck somewhere, affecting the blood supply to the local area and causing permanent necrosis of the tissue, which will have a great impact on the baby.

If a baby with an inguinal hernia has his intestines stuck, you may notice that the mass suddenly becomes larger, harder, or even black, and you won't be able to press it back into the baby's abdominal wall. Your baby may feel pain and have bloating and vomiting.

Inguinal hernia can be treated with simple surgery, but it requires treatment in a regular hospital. If the treatment is not timely or the mother does not pay attention to observation in normal times, the baby will often cry constantly at this stage, and it will make the baby feel very painful, so for the baby's health, you must pay attention to the diet.