Patient's question:
My son has a hernia and often cries. When he cries, the lump comes down. The child is too young, and I don't want him to have surgery. I want to try traditional Chinese medicine. Can traditional Chinese medicine treat pediatric hernia without surgery?Doctor's answer:
Hello! Pediatric inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in pediatric surgery and hernia surgery, mainly including congenital inguinal hernia and umbilical hernia. The main factors causing pediatric hernia are congenital factors. Inguinal hernia is mainly caused by the failure of the processus vaginalis to close, while umbilical hernia occurs due to the inability of the umbilical ring to shrink and close promptly, often in premature infants and low birth weight infants due to incomplete growth and development at birth. Inguinal hernias in children over one year old cannot heal on their own. If a child with an umbilical hernia is over 4 years old or the diameter of the umbilical ring is 2 to 3 cm, surgery should be considered. Traditional Chinese medicine does not have a definite treatment method for pediatric inguinal hernia.