Patient's question:
My child is very young, only a few months old, but recently I noticed a problem with his stomach. I asked a doctor, and he said it's infantile hernia. I don't understand much about this, so I want to ask if infantile hernia tends to bulge a bit when the child cries?Doctor's answer:
According to the described situation, this may be related to inguinal hernia in children, which is often caused by the failure of the processus vaginalis to close during the descent of the testis in the embryonic period. It can develop during the neonatal period and is a congenital disease. For children with a history of a lump in the inguinal area or those who temporarily cannot be found with a lump in the inguinal area, infants and young children can be stimulated to cry or have pressure applied to their abdomen, while older children can be asked to cough, hold their breath, or bear down after running and jumping, after which the lump can often be found and a definitive diagnosis can be made.