What are the symptoms of hernia in children?

Generally, if a child has pediatric hernia, there will be very obvious symptoms. However, when parents do not understand this disease, they may ignore it and even worry about why the child has it. This will be embarrassing and very dangerous, because if you don’t know it, it may delay the treatment time, which will have a great impact on your child’s body.

Pediatric hernia is also known as inguinal hernia, commonly known as "prolapse of the intestine". It is the most common disease in pediatric general surgery. During the embryonic period, there is a "peritoneal processus vaginalis" in the groin, which can help the testicles descend into the scrotum or be fixed by the round ligament of the uterus.

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.

Now you should know the symptoms of pediatric hernia. If your child has this phenomenon in the future, you must make timely adjustments so that your child can get better faster and will not delay your child's treatment time. This will also make your child healthier and will not delay your work or life. It is also very beneficial to you.