Patient's question:
My sister's baby has been experiencing stomach pain recently. When the baby cries, a large lump appears on the right side of the stomach. In these past few days, the baby hasn't been eating much and has only had a bowel movement every two to three days. The family took the baby to the hospital clinic for a check-up, and the doctor told me it was a hernia. What are the causes of a hernia?Doctor's answer:
The causes of hernia are mostly closely related to the patient's physique. They are typically due to frequent coughing, straining during bowel movements (including urination and defecation), abdominal obesity, pregnancy, excessive crying in children, and degenerative changes in the strength of the abdominal wall in the elderly. At the same time, increased intra-abdominal pressure causes abdominal organs, such as the small intestine, cecum, omentum, bladder, ovaries, and fallopian tubes, to enter another area through normal or abnormal weak points, defects, or openings.