Patient's question:
These days, I've been having digestive problems, a bit of stomach pain, and black stools. Xiao Jun's mother quickly took him to the hospital in the morning. After the doctor's examination, he was diagnosed with chronic congestive splenomegaly in children. Xiao Jun's mother is very worried and wants to ask, what causes this. What causes chronic congestive splenomegaly in children?Doctor's answer:
Hello, the main cause of portal hypertension in childhood is the embolism of the portal vein and splenic vein. The embolism of the splenic vein may be related to neonatal umbilical cord inflammation, neonatal sepsis, complications of umbilical vein catheterization, cavernous transformation of the portal vein, congenital splenic vascular malformations, and compression of abdominal masses. Other related factors include portal hypertension, which can be divided into extrahepatic and intrahepatic types. Veins belong to the portal system. In a normal person, 70% of the blood in the splenic vein is introduced into the veins. If the portal vein is obstructed, the spleen indicates that I have returned to the blood, which may lead to congestive splenomegaly. When the cause of the obstruction is eliminated, the swelling will not be significantly reduced.