Patient's question:
My son was diagnosed with a hernia at the age of 4. At that time, the doctor said to have the surgery when he was around 8 or 9 years old. This year, we had the surgery for our child, but we found that there was gas in the small intestine after the hernia surgery. What should we do? We kindly ask the doctor to clarify this for us. We are also currently unsure what to do.Doctor's answer:
Hernia surgery, as a type of clinical diagnosis for abdominal surgery, may involve some minor intestinal bloating after the procedure before normal bowel and gas elimination resumes. This is considered a normal phenomenon. Since the surgery disrupts the normal motility of the gastrointestinal tract, it requires time for the digestive system to gradually recover before normal can occur. Therefore, this abdominal pain is temporary and may not require special intervention. As long as you actively engage in post-surgery mobility and wait for the gastrointestinal tract to resume normal motility, the bloating will dissipate once normal gas elimination is restored.