HOW to Detecting Hernia

1. Feeling the bulge

You need to know, laymen can only detect external hernia, because of internal hernia occurs in the body and difficult to detect. Detect the presence of hernias in adults are also more easily explained than in infants. When the waste water for example, adults can feel the bulge in the abdomen that is generally more pronounced. But in infants, although there was an uncomfortable in his body, he could not express clearly.

2. Observing the symptoms

Clinical symptoms usually appear no different from diseases in general, such as nausea, vomiting, difficulty eating, and body fever. Because of this, parents are encouraged to immediately bring the baby to the doctor when he saw the symptoms were, in order to diagnose the disease your child may be enforced.

There are several symptoms to detect a hernia, which is :

1.  Feeling the bulge

You need to know, laymen can only detect external hernia, because of internal hernia occurs in the body and difficult to detect. Detect the presence of hernias in adults are also more easily explained than in infants. When the waste water for example, adults can feel the bulge in the abdomen that is generally more pronounced. But in infants, although there was an uncomfortable in his body, he could not express clearly.

That is why the hernia in infants is more difficult to detect, so it takes care of parents. Although difficult to see and Touch the groin or the navel of the baby. External hernia will generally be known from the appearance of a bump in the section.

2.  Observing the symptoms

Clinical symptoms usually appear no different from diseases in general, such as nausea, vomiting, difficulty eating, and body fever. Because of this, parents are encouraged to immediately bring the baby to the doctor when he saw the symptoms were, in order to diagnose the disease your child may be enforced.

Symptoms appear, especially on heavy-light hernia:

1. Lump in the groin area or umbilicus looked out (sometimes it stand out, sometimes not). This lump of tumor distinguish hernias that are generally settled. This is a sign of the most simple and light that can be seen from an external hernia. Can be seen by naked eye and palpable, the groin and umbilicus will feel great next. Whereas in female infants, is often found that the next big labia. The labia are the outer portion of the female genitalia.

2. Lump that is already settled, either in the groin and in the central area. In the inguinal hernia, for example, water or bowel or hanging colon get into the cavity that is open later and can not be squeezed out again. In this phase, although the lump was more settled, but no signs of clinical changes in children.

3. Lump is getting settled because it was happening on the channel blockage has occurred in the food section. Not just a bump, the baby’s clinical condition began to change with the emergence of nausea, vomiting, abdominal bloating, bowel movements can not, and would not eat.

4. This is a hernia of the most severe levels since blood vessels are pinched. In addition to the lump and the clinical symptoms at the level of incarcerate, other symptoms appear, such as fever and dehydration. If kept too long ignored the blood vessels in the area will die and there will be accumulation of toxins, which then spread to the blood vessels. As a result, there will be the circulation of septic germs and toxins in the blood that can threaten the life of the baby. It is likely the baby will not be quiet because of tremendous pain.

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