Patient's question:
My best friend's child is 10 years old this year. My best friend said her child had a hernia last year. Later, the treatment at the hospital has been cured. Many people said that this disease may recur. Please ask what are the early signs of a recurrence of pediatric hernia?Doctor's answer:
Hydroceles in children can recur after conservative treatment, but the recurrence rate is reduced after surgery. Hydroceles in children are mainly congenital inguinal hernias. The main reason is that the testicles of male infants descend from the inguinal canal to the scrotum before birth. If the processus vaginalis recovers after birth, the descending peritoneum becomes the processus vaginalis. If it does not close or close incompletely, the abdominal contents will leak out, enlarge, and obstruct. It feels a bit hard, protrudes to the surface, and forms a hydrocele.