Symptoms of peritonitis in children?

summary

Peritonitis in children is a chronic and diffuse inflammatory disease caused by the invasion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; In general, the infection route of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can be the direct spread of intraperitoneal tuberculosis or the hematogenous dissemination; Generally more common is the direct spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through the abdominal cavity, resulting in tuberculous peritonitis. This disease can occur in people of any age, so what are the clinical manifestations of discomfort for ordinary people suffering from this disease? Let's talk about it briefly. Symptoms of peritonitis in children? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of peritonitis in children?

Because it is peritonitis, it must have some basic clinical manifestations of peritonitis, such as abdominal pain. At the same time, because it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, there will also be some manifestations of tuberculosis, such as night sweats, low fever and fatigue. Some patients' clinical manifestations are more serious.

Due to the peritoneal inflammation and tuberculosis poisoning symptoms, it is easy to affect the function of the gastrointestinal tract, so the general feeling of abdominal distension, at the same time, due to inflammatory exudation and other conditions, there will be a small amount of ascites, if ascites is more, you will see abdominal distention and mobile voiced sound.

If there is adhesion, then you will feel that the abdomen is as flexible as kneading the face. This is more common in adhesive tuberculous peritonitis. Generally, there will be abdominal tenderness. At the same time, you can touch the abdominal mass and other discomfort. If it affects the gastrointestinal function, there will be diarrhea, constipation, high bowel sounds and other manifestations.

matters needing attention

Peritonitis in children can be diagnosed by clinical physical examination and related medical history. If there is ascites, ascites can be aspirated by abdominal puncture for relevant examination to exclude the possibility of malignant diseases, and relieve some pressure caused by a large number of ascites.