Patient's question:
What kinds of diseases can pediatric surgery treat, and which symptoms belong to pediatric internal medicine? What is the best age for children to have an inguinal hernia surgery?Doctor's answer:
Hernia refers to a condition where a part of human tissue or organ detaches from its original position and moves into another area through gaps, defects, or weak points in the body. Commonly known as "small intestine" (a colloquial term), it includes types such as umbilical hernia, inguinal direct hernia, inguinal indirect hernia, incisional hernia, recurrent hernia after surgery, linea alba hernia, and femoral hernia. Hernias are often caused by factors such as coughing, sneezing, excessive strain, abdominal obesity, strained bowel movements, pregnancy in women, excessive crying in children, and degenerative changes in the abdominal wall strength in the elderly.Of course, in the early stages, when the hernia is small, causes minimal discomfort, and has not become incarcerated, it can be treated conservatively with a hernia belt. However, this method does not provide a fundamental cure for hernias.
Surgery is currently the only effective method to cure hernias in adults.