Early symptoms of intestinal necrosis in children

When children fall ill, adults are always very worried because their resistance is really weak. Diseases that are not a big problem for adults may have different treatment times and possibilities of cure once they occur in children. There are many diseases that are common in children, and intestinal necrosis in children is one of them. So what are the early symptoms of intestinal necrosis in children?

The harm caused by intestinal necrosis is particularly serious, and the mortality rate is very high. More children will show symptoms of intestinal necrosis, which seriously damages the health of the children. We must be vigilant about intestinal necrosis and must correctly understand the symptoms of the disease. After the onset of the disease, the children will feel nausea and vomiting, which often occurs together with abdominal pain and diarrhea. The vomitus of the children is mostly coffee-like, yellow water-like, and bloody. More seriously ill children will also vomit bile.

When there is intestinal wall exudation and intestinal necrosis, there will be symptoms of peritoneal irritation. However, the levels of serum alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, creatinine phosphokinase, etc. usually increase after intestinal necrosis occurs. Various imaging examinations can only show early manifestations of intestinal obstruction such as gas distention, intestinal entrapment, air-fluid level, and thickening of the intestinal wall and intestinal space. CT and ultrasound Doppler examinations have certain reference value for the blood supply of mesenteric vessels.

Children with intestinal necrosis may show abnormal general condition, body temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and blood oxygen. Although most scholars believe that the clinical manifestations before intestinal necrosis are non-specific, close monitoring and careful clinical observation as well as early detection of disease changes are still important indicators for clinical diagnosis.

Causes of intestinal necrosis in children

Various types of intestinal obstruction in children are the most common causes of intestinal necrosis. Mesenteric strangulation such as intestinal torsion and intussusception causes occlusion of mesenteric blood vessels; direct compression by adhesion bands can also cause intestinal necrosis; excessive expansion of the intestinal cavity increases the intra-intestinal and intra-abdominal pressures, affecting the blood perfusion of the intestinal wall, and may cause extensive or focal necrosis.

Intestinal inflammatory lesions, such as ulcerative ileitis, Crohn's disease, acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, congenital megacolon-induced enterocolitis, typhoid fever and intestinal tuberculosis, may cause intestinal necrosis at different stages of the development of the lesions.

Now parents know that your baby’s simple diarrhea may be an early symptom of pediatric intestinal necrosis. Sometimes there are no early symptoms. Once the child has diarrhea and vomiting, and these symptoms do not improve for a period of time but become more and more serious, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time!