Patient's question:
My child has been crying excessively and the crying has become particularly severe recently. I started to feel anxious. Later, when I went to a nearby hospital for a check-up, the doctor said it was infantile hernia. What factors can cause infantile hernia? What are the factors that cause continuous crying in infants with hernia?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 cause of pediatric inguinal hernia is congenital factors. Inguinal hernia is mainly caused by the failure of the processus vaginalis to close. Umbilical hernia is caused by the delayed closure of the umbilical ring. Premature and low birth weight infants are not fully developed at birth. If the child cries repeatedly, be alert to the risk of incarceration or strangulated hernia. Pediatric inguinal hernia is also known as inguinal prolapse. It is a congenital disease. The small intestine and gas or other organs pass through the sheath-like hole of the abdominal wall and then enter the scrotum, finally forming a pediatric inguinal hernia. One reason is that the child cries for a long time, or when coughing is caused by abdominal pressure, leading to the formation of pediatric inguinal hernia.