HERNIA – In Newborn and Children

Hernia is the condition which involve the bulging of organs or tissue through abdominal opening. Most of the time hernia is seen in the areas between chest to hips part. Hernia also involve stomach or can say intestines.

Hernia mainly causes due to weakness of muscles or combination of pressure or fascia. Although muscle weakness can be suffered by any age group but mostly seen at birth.

Types of hernia :-

• Internal
• External

External Hernia - external hernia are more commonly seen in people and they can be diagnosed easily where as internal hernia are difficult to diagnose and also not seen common.

There are three common types of hernias that are as follows :-

• Imguinal hernia
• Femoral hernia
• Umbilical hernia

Inguinal hernia - inguinal hernia is more common affected by males than the females. Because the inguinal canal in men is passage way of spermatic cord and blood vessels leading to the testicles due to which this inguinal hernia can affect males more.In females, the canal of inguinal have a round ligaments which give support to womb due this ligaments it decrease the chance of hernia in females as compare to males.

Femoral hernia - femoral hernia are less common as compare to inguinal hernia but the femoral hernia is most commonly notice in females body part. Females mainly notice hernia in groin part or Uper thigh area.

Umbilical hernia - umbilical hernia is most seen in belly part near the navel.

Symptoms of hernia :-

• Swelling near the bulge area
• Pain in bulge area
• Pain while lifting the weight
• Sensation of feeling full all the time
• Irritation near the hernia
• Difficult to swallowing the food
• Heartburn can be notice
• Indigestion
• Chest pain

How to diagnose hernia?

External hernia can be diagnose physically but in case of internal hernia your doctor may ask you for ultrasound or CT scan. As soon as the hernia is diagnosed you can go through surgical procedure.

The surgical procedure for hernia is one day procedure which mean you can be provided treatment under one day. After surgery the stitches hardly take 6 to 7 days to heel.

Surgery can be of two types – first is conventional surgical or normal surgery which make a single 2 cm cut on your body and you are good to go where as second one is laparoscopic surgery which give you 3 small cuts on your body and both the surgery recovery time is max one week with some common precautions which can be give to you as your case of hernia.

In case of newborn baby the doctor may suggest you surgery only when the hernia is large and it can’t be healed by its own than only your doctors will suggest you for surgical procedure otherwise you doctor will ask you to wait for 4 to 5 years old age so that the surgery may not need for baby.

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