What are the causes of hernia in children?

If you want to know how to treat any disease, you must know what causes the disease. In this way, if the treatment is targeted at the cause and symptoms, the disease can be cured quickly and the physical harm caused by long-term treatment can be reduced. The same is true for pediatric hernia. So let’s explore today what are the causes of hernia in children?

1. The incidence of pediatric hernia in boys is much higher than that in girls, mainly because the testicles of boys descend to the scrotum through the inguinal canal before birth, and the peritoneum that moves downward forms the processus vaginalis. If the processus vaginalis has not closed after the baby is born, or if it closes incompletely, it will become 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.

2. Hernia in children can also occur due to congenital developmental deficiencies. This mainly refers to the fact that the abdominal wall membrane of some children is underdeveloped and too thin, causing organs to easily break through the membrane and protrude outward to form a hernia. .Usually when a child cries or exercises vigorously, a lump-like swelling will appear in the groin.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hernia is caused by stagnation of liver qi in the body, worry, anger, emotional discomfort, poor qi movement, and qi rushing to the lower abdomen.

4. Cold and dampness accumulate in the body. Sitting in a cold and damp place for a long time, or catching cold in the rain, will cause the cold and dampness to invade the liver meridian and cause hernia.

5. The sinking of the middle qi, heavy lifting, excessive sexual intercourse, and damage to the vital energy will cause qi deficiency and sinking in the lower abdomen, or congenital deficiency in children can also cause hernia.

These are the main causes of hernia in children. If your child has not had hernia yet, it would be better to pay attention to timely prevention. If the child already has this problem, then appropriate methods should be adopted and treatment should be carried out according to different causes.