Patient's question:
Colleagues always say that they have bloating and suspect there is a problem. They went to the hospital for a check-up and found that it was neonatal hepatosplenomegaly. Can it be treated?Doctor's answer:
Newborn hepatosplenomegaly can be confused with other diseases, detailed as follows. The causes of newborn hepatosplenomegaly are diverse, and the severity of symptoms varies. It often manifests primarily with liver or spleen involvement. Some diseases only present with isolated liver enlargement or splenomegaly in clinical practice, such as glycogen storage disease (affecting the liver) or splenic vein thrombosis (affecting only the spleen). The most common causes are infection and hemolysis, and differentiation from the following diseases is required:1. TORCH infection: