Patient's question:
Your child has had two slightly hard lumps on his abdomen recently. They seem to protrude more when he cries or becomes agitated. Some elderly people mentioned it could be an inguinal hernia. I always thought inguinal hernias only affected boys. Could a girl over one year old get an inguinal hernia?Doctor's answer:
Hernia is one of the very common surgical diseases in clinical diagnosis. Its occurrence is mainly due to the clinical diagnostic process where the intestinal tube is pushed from the abdominal cavity to the outside of the abdominal cavity under the action of pressure when intra-abdominal pressure decreases. Since children often experience situations that can lead to a decrease in abdominal pressure, such as intense crying and mischievous behavior, children over a year old are prone to hernia recurrence. According to your condition description, your daughter is just over a year old, and there is a possibility of hernia recurrence.