What are the precautions for preoperative examination of pediatric hernia?

If your child has pediatric hernia, most parents will choose to perform surgery. Before the surgery, some necessary examinations will generally be done. Many people do not understand this type of examination and sometimes even ignore it. This may not be good for the girl's body, so you must have a certain understanding of it, which is very beneficial for your child.

Things to note when seeing a doctor for hernia in children: Hernia in children is the most common disease in general pediatric surgery. During the embryonic period, there is a "process vaginal process of peritoneum" in the groin, which can help 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, ovary, fallopian tube, 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.

Precautions before pediatric hernia surgery:

1. Diagnosis: A lump appears on one or both sides of the groin and may reach the scrotum. It appears during crying and activity and disappears during peaceful sleep.

2. The only treatment is surgery, and the surgical age is after 6 months of age, the earlier the better.

3. The operation takes about 10-15 minutes. The child will wake up from anesthesia in a short time (about 5 minutes) after the operation, but will gradually fall asleep. Do not wake him up at this time, it is best to let him wake up naturally.

4. Do not eat for 6 hours before the operation, because if there is food in the stomach during anesthesia, you will vomit, causing suffocation and choking, which is life-threatening.

5. Postoperative diet: Give liquids after fully awake, and you can eat any food you like without vomiting.

6. When a lump appears and causes pain, it is called incarcerated hernia and must be treated emergency. If the reduction is successful, surgery can be performed after 7 days. If the reduction is unsuccessful, emergency surgery can be performed.

7. When children also suffer from serious diseases such as heart disease and cannot undergo surgery, they can be treated with compression therapy using a hernia belt, but this treatment may cause damage to the vas deferens and testicles. Not recommended.

I believe that now you already know what to check before pediatric hernia surgery. Then if your child needs to undergo pediatric hernia surgery, you can deal with it calmly and will not panic before the operation. This is very beneficial for your child. Moreover, pediatric hernia surgery is a very minor operation. You only need to do what you should do.