How is infantile umbilical hernia treated?

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Infant umbilical hernia is a real worry for parents. What is umbilical hernia? There is a bulge in the umbilical part of the infant. If the disease is serious, surgical treatment should be carried out. Correct treatment should be given to the disease. There will be sound when pressing down. This is a common disease with infant developmental defects. How to treat infant umbilical hernia, The patients under two years old can recover by themselves. How to treat infant umbilical hernia? Experience in this area.

How is infantile umbilical hernia treated?

First: this bag is actually an umbilical hernia. Umbilical hernia is a kind of developmental defect, which is a common disease in infants. The cause of the disease is related to the anatomical characteristics of the umbilical. During the embryonic period, the umbilical cord has important blood supply vessels for the fetus. After the birth of the fetus, these vessels are immediately blocked and become fibrous cords, which are healed with the scar skin after the umbilical cord falls off. Therefore, there is no developed muscle and it is a weak area. When the intra-abdominal pressure increases, such as crying, coughing and diarrhea, the omentum or small intestine in the abdominal cavity will protrude to the umbilicus, forming umbilical hernia.

Second: the baby suffering from umbilical hernia generally has no obvious discomfort, and does not cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, and the vast majority of infants with umbilical hernia can be self-healing. With the growth of the baby's age, the abdominal muscles become developed, and the hernia hole will gradually narrow and close, which generally occurs in 1-2 years old. Infants under 2 years old, such as umbilical foramen in about 1 cm, do not need to do any treatment; If the umbilical foramen is more than 2 cm, the observation can be continued for 3-6 months. If it is still not closed, the operation can be performed. The operation is very simple, and the postoperative recovery of the child is very good. Parents need not worry.

Third: due to the increase of abdominal pressure and umbilical hernia, so we must eliminate the cause of disease, impatient baby should try to hold as much as possible, constipated baby should try to increase the amount of breast-feeding, or in the process of complementary food to add more attention to prevent constipation. What parents can do is to make the baby cry less and hold his breath less. If the increase of abdominal pressure is controlled, the navel will not protrude. Generally, it can heal itself before two or three years old. Even if some umbilical hernia is not cured after one year, it will heal itself before going to school. Umbilical hernia generally does not cause "incarceration".

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It should be noted that some parents will use traditional methods to treat umbilical hernia, such as pressing the protruding umbilical hole with coins and bandaging, but these can not achieve the purpose of treatment, because when pressing, the umbilical hole does not shrink, just pressing the protruding organs into the abdominal cavity. Therefore, parents should not blindly follow suit.