Symptoms of chronic intestinal obstruction in children

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Generally speaking, small babies will not get sick before one year old. Since they come out of the mother, they will have certain antibodies and are not easy to get sick. However, some special lesions are exceptional. For example, intestinal obstruction in infants has nothing to do with antibodies. Intestinal obstruction, as the name suggests, is the obstruction of the contents of the body's intestines caused by the pathological changes inside and outside the intestines of a child. So here are the symptoms of chronic intestinal obstruction in children. Let's analyze the disease.

Symptoms of chronic intestinal obstruction in children

Intestinal obstruction refers to obstruction of intestinal contents caused by lesions inside or outside the intestinal canal. There are two main causes of intestinal obstruction, one is mechanical intestinal obstruction, which is mainly caused by intestinal atresia, intestinal stenosis, intestinal adhesion, intestinal tumor, intussusception, volvulus and other reasons.

The other is called functional intestinal obstruction, which is caused by intestinal paralysis caused by dyspepsia, enteritis, peritonitis, pneumonia, sepsis and abdominal surgery. After the occurrence of intestinal obstruction, due to intestinal content blockage, intestinal peristalsis disorder, the sick child may have abdominal pain, vomiting, anal stop defecation, exhaust, abdominal distension and other symptoms.

At the same time, due to a large amount of intestinal exudate, vomiting, gastrointestinal fluid and toxin absorption, the sick children have a series of systemic changes, such as dehydration, acidosis, mental depression, irritability or sleepiness, fever and so on. If complicated with intestinal ischemia and necrosis, intestinal perforation, it can be life-threatening.

matters needing attention

1. No matter what kind of intestinal obstruction, children should not be fed water or food, and pay attention to observe abdominal pain, vomiting, defecation and exhaust. If the patient's abdominal pain is severe or abdominal distension is gradually aggravating, or there is irritability, pulse fast and other phenomena, it indicates that the condition is aggravating and should be sent to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time. 2. When the sick children go home after operation, they should pay attention to their diet, eat less or no cold food, such as raw sweet potato, peanuts, beans, etc., to prevent recurrence of obstruction after gastrointestinal stimulation. 3. Pay attention to keep the sick children warm and avoid catching cold.