Can children's sputum heal itself?

Every parent hopes that their children can grow up healthy, but some congenital diseases are difficult to avoid, such as hernia, which is a typical example. Hernia in children is a very common surgical disease, which is mainly divided into two types: inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia. Many parents do not know much about hernia and hope that it can heal itself. So, can children's Shanqi heal itself? Let’s take a closer look below.

The most serious danger of hernia is incarceration, where the herniated contents cannot be retracted on their own. At this time, the hernia neck will compress the intestines and cause bleeding, leading to serious complications such as intestinal obstruction and intestinal necrosis, which is life-threatening. In addition, the neck of the hernia sac will compress the spermatic cord and blood vessels, causing testicular necrosis. Some little boys with hernias who delay treatment will eventually have to have their testicles removed, causing lifelong regrets. It is understood that a large proportion of people believe that pediatric hernia can heal itself and thus delay treatment. The proportion of neonatal hernia incarceration leading to orchiectomy is as high as 20%.

Hernia in children is not easy to detect

Children with hernia may not express symptoms due to their young age, so parents should take good care of their children and pay more attention to observation from the moment they are born. For children with hernia, the lump will become larger when they cry or move, and will disappear when they are quiet. Once the hernia becomes incarcerated, the child will experience abdominal pain, crying, irritability, vomiting, abdominal distension and other symptoms due to intestinal obstruction. If parents find that their child suddenly or for no reason cries, becomes irritable, vomits, has abdominal distension and other symptoms, they should immediately check whether the child has a mass in the groin and send the child to the hospital for examination in time.

Hernia in children under 1 year old has a high chance of healing on its own, but not all patients can do so. Children under 4 years old are not fully developed, and surgical treatment may have a greater impact on the patients. It is normal for parents to worry about surgical injuries, but they cannot leave their children's hernias alone. While waiting for self-healing, it is best to use a hernia belt. The effect of wearing a Qu Shanbao hernia belt will be much better. Generally, pediatric hernia patients can be cured by using a hernia belt.

Once a child with hernia becomes incarcerated, he or she must be sent to the hospital for treatment in time. Whether the hernia patient needs surgery depends on the doctor's instructions, and parents cannot postpone their child's surgery without authorization. The best way to treat hernia in children is to perform high ligation of the hernia sac. The entire operation is relatively simple and the postoperative recovery is relatively fast.

Never believe any folk remedies that claim to cure hernia without surgery or medication. Injection treatment of pediatric hernia actually achieves the treatment goal by injecting a sclerosing agent into the hernia sac to block the processus vaginalis. However, the recurrence rate after treatment is high, there are many complications, and the risks are extremely high. Since the hernia sac, spermatic cord and vas deferens are all closely attached to each other, local irritation will inevitably occur during the injection process, affecting the blood supply to the testicles. Some may even cause testicular atrophy, rupture of the vas deferens, etc., leading to complications such as infertility.