Patient's question:
What kinds of diseases can pediatric surgery treat, and which symptoms belong to pediatric internal medicine? How is an infant's umbilical hernia treated?Doctor's answer:
Hello. In infancy, conservative treatment can be used, such as wearing a hernia belt, and approximately 95% of children can heal on their own. However, after the age of two, hernia can only be treated surgically. In your case, it may be chronic lymph node inflammation or reactive lymphoid hyperplasia. The former can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine to resolve phlegm and masses, and with heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs. The latter can be treated with fire needle therapy, which can be effective to some extent.