Symptoms of mesenteric lymphadenitis in infants

summary

There are often children who come to see a doctor because of abdominal pain. The doctor often asks them to have an abdominal ultrasound examination. Most of the children's examination results will have mesenteric lymph nodes, large ones or even ones with a diameter of 25 mm. This situation often makes parents very nervous. Some people take cephalosporins because of this. So the following is a specific introduction to the baby's mesenteric lymphadenitis symptoms of this problem, hoping to help some people.

Symptoms of mesenteric lymphadenitis in infants

First, mesenteric lymphadenitis is often associated with upper respiratory tract infection. The clinical manifestations are fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, or diarrhea or constipation. Abdominal pain is sometimes like colic in the right lower abdomen, but also in other parts, so it is easy to be misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis, and it is only proved as mesenteric lymphadenitis during operation.

Second, the most sensitive part of tenderness may be different from each physical examination. The tenderness part is close to the midline or on the high side, which is not fixed in acute appendicitis, and the degree of tenderness is milder than acute appendicitis, with less rebound pain and abdominal muscle tension. Occasionally, a small nodular mass with tenderness can be found in the right lower abdomen, which is an enlarged mesenteric lymph node. Some children may have intestinal obstruction and should be observed.

Third: younger children with clinical symptoms similar to appendicitis, but the condition is mild, and no abdominal muscle tension, should consider acute mesenteric lymphadenitis. Acute mesenteric lymphadenitis should be considered in children with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting and upper respiratory tract infection, or after intestinal inflammation without abdominal muscle tension.

matters needing attention

Mesenteric lymphadenitis in children is a common complication of many viral infections, so don't worry too much. Pay attention to light diet, easy to digest, frequent pain attacks, it is recommended to eat porridge and other semi liquid or even liquid diet, avoid overeating.