Hernia in babies recognize

Hernia in babies recognize

Normally, it closes the inguinal canal of a fetus until the eighth month of pregnancy. Failing this, it is called a hernia or a hernia. How parents can see this in infants, a pediatrician explained in this article.
Dr. Ulrich Fegeler

 A soft bulge in the groin area indicated, even if it is not always visible, indicative of a hernia or a so-called hernia. "Normally, the inguinal canal closes before birth. But in some children remains open a small gap may protrude through the colon, or liquid. Often shows the bulge only when the baby cries or makes an effort and disappears when lying relaxed, "explains Dr. Ulrich Fegeler, children and youth as well as federal medical spokesman for the Professional Association of Child and Adolescent Physicians (BVKJ). Boys are from a hernia in childhood affects approximately four to eight times more frequently than girls. An increased risk of inguinal hernias have babies with low birth weight or premature babies, babies with urological problems, such as a non-down gewanderter testicles, or children with relatives who also had a hernia as a baby.

A hernia is usually not painful, but they should be provided - usually surgery - before complications occur. "In the sac of inguinal hernias in young girls very often an ovary is present. Here, the surgical indication be more liberally, "recommends Dr. Fegeler. "The danger is then put hernias when the hernial orifice is narrow and pre-lesional gut stuck and will not bleed through. This can die intestinal and testicular tissues. In girls, the ovaries may also be deprived of its blood supply. These situations require immediate treatment or surgery then, "warns Dr. Fegeler. In the first six months of life, the risk of entrapment at a fraction is especially large.