Symptoms of diaphragmatic hernia in infants?

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Neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernia is mainly caused by embryonic dysplasia. It can be divided into three types: thoracoabdominal hiatus hernia, esophageal hiatus hernia and congenital posterior sternal hernia. The symptoms of different types are also different. Among them, thoracoabdominal hiatus hernia is mainly manifested in the upper respiratory tract, and patients will have dyspnea, And the situation will worsen when crying or eating, or suddenly worsen, a few will appear vomiting symptoms, so how to diagnose and differentiate congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Symptoms of diaphragmatic hernia in infants?

First: the performance of hiatal hernia is more diverse, there is no typical symptoms, if the observation is not careful, it is likely to delay the disease, vomiting is the most common symptom, vomiting serious, even hematemesis, hematochezia, malnutrition, weight is lower than the children of the same age.

Second: in addition to the above introduction, there will also be some symptoms of respiratory tract infection, dysphagia, paraesophageal hernia, gastritis and even bleeding caused by poor gastric exhaust, poor development and nutritional status of the patients, anemia is more serious, there are no positive signs when the examination, lung breathing sound weakened.

Third: congenital posterior sternal hernia has no obvious symptoms, generally in patients with crying will appear paroxysmal dyspnea, when quiet abdominal pressure decreases, symptoms will reduce or even disappear. Sometimes because of gastrointestinal bleeding anemia, often have upper abdominal discomfort.

matters needing attention

A small number of children in the neonatal period symptoms are not obvious, because the thoracoabdominal hiatus defect is small, lung development damage is not big, so the disease is light. If we don't get an effective treatment after birth, we will die. Pregnant mothers should do a good job in pregnancy health care, during pregnancy should pay attention to all kinds of infectious diseases, on time for prenatal examination, once encountered abnormal early treatment, when necessary to take measures to terminate pregnancy.