How is 2 years old child liver big to return a responsibility?

Update Date: 2023-09-09 Source: Network

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Liver is one of the most important organs of human body, located in the right upper abdomen. The function of liver is very complex, which is closely related to digestion, hematopoiesis and immune defense. Relatively speaking, children's liver is relatively large, generally in the sternal stalk and the lower edge of the ribs is easy to touch. Next, I'd like to share what's going on with hepatomegaly in children?. Hope to help you.

How is 2 years old child liver big to return a responsibility?

First, in normal condition, the spleen can not be touched. If the edge of the spleen can be touched in supine or right lateral position, it can be considered as splenomegaly. In recent years, B-ultrasound has been widely used in clinical practice, and a large number of "splenomegaly" which can not be touched by hand have been found. In physical examination, about 15% of the patients with splenomegaly showed by B-ultrasound, most of them can not be touched by hand, B-ultrasound shows splenomegaly through actual measurement, that is, it is really large. It can show splenomegaly earlier. When the hand can touch the spleen, the spleen has more than doubled.

Second: infectious hepatomegaly in children. All kinds of acute and chronic infections, such as typhoid, paratyphoid, Kala Azar, schistosomiasis, malaria, viral hepatitis, sepsis, late syphilis, etc

Third: the spleen of stagnation of blood has hepatomegaly in children. Banti's syndrome, cirrhosis, cardiogenic cirrhosis caused by chronic heart failure, chronic constrictive pericarditis, portal vein or splenic vein thrombosis.

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Therefore, the child's "liver big" must be analyzed in detail, can not be generalized, that is to say, we must refer to the normal standard of liver size in different age groups, in order to determine whether the child's liver is big or small. Once this concept is clarified, parents will have a clear idea and will no longer be afraid of the so-called "big liver".