Umbilical hernia in infants - a phenomenon quite common, so the parents is important to know what it is and what techniques to get rid of umbilical hernias are used in traditional medicine?
Umbilical hernia is a protrusion of the bodies through the abdominal wall, i.e. through the umbilical ring disposed around the umbilicus. Usually, during the first month of life umbilical ringIt has overgrown property. If for any reason the umbilical ring is not fully closes, the remaining spaces under the skin bulge internal organs, which constitutes a hernia.
According to statistics, umbilical hernia occurs in one in five full-term child and every third premature baby.
There are two types of umbilical hernia:
- congenital;
- acquired.
What are the causes of congenital umbilical hernia?
- genetic predisposition
- Anatomical weakness of the abdominal muscles
Causes of acquired umbilical hernia:
- Muscle weakness of the umbilical ring after birth.
- Effect of concomitant diseases causing additional attenuation of muscle tone of the whole organism (rickets, muscle hypertrophy).
- Long strong crying baby
- Severe intestinal cramps
- constipation
- Strong gassing, provoking a constant voltage abdominal muscles.
For all the above reasons there is an increased abdominal pressure, retarding the natural process overgrown umbilical ring and thus provoking a favorable environment for the formation of an umbilical hernia.
In most cases, umbilical hernia appears in a short period of time after the falling of the umbilical residue. Its size may vary from a small "pea" to a large "pear", depending on how much is not closed in the umbilical ring.
In a quiet position crumbs hernia may remain completely invisible. It often appears when crying or during bowel movements a baby. Palpation hernia and soft light pressure on it without any difficulty dressed back. With this manipulation, you can hear a slight rumbling in the stomach. As such pain the child is not experiencing.
Upon detection of an umbilical hernia surgeons rarely prescribe surgery. Most often, if necessary, is given on the proper care advice for the baby suffering from umbilical hernia, as well as appointed by conservative treatment, which is as soon as possible will help to get rid of this pathology.
But mostly hernia tend to disappear on their own in the process of baby growth and strengthen its abdominal muscles.
Extremely rare umbilical hernia in an infant can have serious consequences in the form of its infringement or rupture.
Signs of infringement of hernia:
- it is impossible to straighten a hernia in the abdominal cavity;
- manifestation of severe pain in the abdomen;
- bloating;
- nausea, vomiting;
- hernia marked increase in size;
- redness and roughness of the skin in the area of the hernia
When you break a hernia, which is rare, the skin over the herniation is broken, thereby laid bare its inner contents.
When such complications should prompt surgery.
In other cases, the hernia eventually pass on their own, but it is assigned to conservative treatment:
- Specific bandage at the navel
- The correct mode and diet
- Massageand LFK
- Breast-feeding.
Successful treatment of umbilical hernia - a timely diagnosis and its compliance with all requirements of a doctor! Be healthy!
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