Patient's question:
My little baby is two years old this year. Lately, the baby has been crying a lot. I feel that something is wrong with the baby. I took him to the nearby hospital for a check-up. The doctor told me it was a hernia. What are the effects of a hernia on the baby?Doctor's answer:
Hernia is when an organ or tissue in the human body moves out of its normal anatomical position. It passes through a weak point, defect, or opening into another area, either congenitally or acquired. The main symptoms are pain combined with a lump at the hernia site. An ultrasound examination can clearly diagnose it. If a hernia is not treated promptly, the hernia sac can gradually enlarge, symptoms can worsen, and it may even lead to strangulation or obstruction, threatening the patient's life. Therefore, surgical treatment should be performed as early as possible.