What are the effective treatments for children suffering from hernia in Tancheng County?

In the pediatric clinic, people often come to consult about a baby’s umbilicus or scrotum that has a bulge. It feels soft and seems to be filled with gas. It disappears when pressed hard, and then reappears a while later. It is more likely to occur especially when the baby exerts force, cries, or defecates. In fact, the situation they described belongs to pediatric hernia. A hernia is when something in the human body leaves its normal position and enters another part through a weak point, defect or hole formed congenitally or acquired. Common hernias in children mainly include indirect inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia, which are the conditions consulted by family members at the beginning of the article. Mainly due to the increase in intra-abdominal pressure, some tissues in the abdominal cavity herniate out through a certain part, forming a hernia.

What are the treatments for hernia in children? Let’s talk about this topic today.

Method one, conservative treatment. Use a hernia belt to compress the hernia area to prevent abdominal contents from herniating through gaps or weak areas. If you don’t have a medical hernia belt, you can make it yourself, such as using wrapped one-yuan coins or a widened elastic band for compression and fixation. Umbilical hernias generally heal with conservative treatment.

Method 2, surgical treatment. If treated conservatively, the hernia does not improve and will progressively enlarge or form a bump, requiring surgical treatment. It mainly includes: 1. The traditional repair method combines the own muscles and aponeurosis tissue to enhance the strength of the abdominal wall. 2. Tension-free hernia repair method, tension-free repair, uses artificial polymer materials as patches to strengthen the abdominal wall tissue. In this way, there is no tension in the surrounding tissue after repair, so recovery is fast and the recurrence rate is low.

Method 3: Be careful not to let the baby cry or laugh for a long time, keep the stool smooth and avoid constipation. Reduce abdominal pressure as much as possible.