What symptom does adult hernia have?

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The severity of hernia is related to the type of hernia, the content of hernia, incarceration and strangulation. In the early stage of external abdominal hernia, there are only mild local symptoms, such as local swelling and pain, can be found to be able to recover the mass and so on, does not affect the visceral function, no systemic symptoms. With the increase of hernia contents, the local pain aggravated, accompanied by falling feeling. Incarceration of hernial contents may lead to systemic symptoms.

What symptom does adult hernia have?

If the contents of hernia are small intestine and colon, paroxysmal abdominal distension, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, poor anal defecation and exhaust and other intestinal obstruction symptoms may appear.

If the contents of hernia are bladder and kidney, obvious symptoms of urinary system may appear, such as frequent urination, urgency of urination, dysuria, hematuria, waist pain, etc.

When standing, coughing and exerting, there was a round hernia mass protruding from the umbilicus, which disappeared when lying on the back. The edge of the hernia ring can be touched after the hernia block is accepted. If there are more omental and intestinal protrusion, there may be dull pain and abdominal discomfort. Generally small umbilical hernia can be asymptomatic.

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If the contents of hernia are fallopian tube, ovary or omentum, there may be abdominal dull pain, lumbosacral dull pain, anorexia, dyspepsia, intestinal flatulence and other nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms. When the hernia contents were strangled, there were different degrees of systemic toxic symptoms, such as fever, increased white blood cell count, disturbance of water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, and even shock.