Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

March 29, 2009

 Umbilical hernia
   Umbilical hernia occurs when a fragment of the intestine protrudes through an opening in the abdominal muscles. Umbilical hernia is most often seen in children, but adults from it are not immune. In infants umbilical hernia is particularly evident when the baby cries, and his umbilical wound rises. This is a classic sign of an umbilical hernia.

In most cases, umbilical hernia goes away on its own, without treatment, to a year, although sometimes recovery takes longer. In order to prevent complications caused by umbilical hernia, which does not disappear until 4 years of age or occurs in adulthood may need surgical intervention.

Umbilical hernia - a fairly common condition in most cases do not pose a health risk.

 Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

Symptoms of an umbilical hernia

Umbilical hernia - a soft seal or the bulge around the navel. Size crown can vary from 1 to 5 centimeters in diameter. Hernia emerges through an opening in the abdominal wall, where during fetal development Fetal development - week after week  Fetal development - week after week
   It was the umbilical cord. This occurs when the compression is insufficient muscle and tissue surrounding the umbilical cord.

If your child has an umbilical hernia, you may notice a bulge only when he is crying, coughing, or straining abdominal muscles. Convexity is invisible when the child is calm and lying on the back.

Umbilical hernia in children is usually painless. Umbilical hernia in adults can cause abdominal discomfort.

 Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

When you need to see a doctor

If you suspect that your child has an umbilical hernia, consult your pediatrician. Immediately contact emergency medical care if a child has an umbilical hernia:

  • the child cries or worries that may be a sign of pain;
  • the child starts vomiting;
  • bulge becomes sensitive, swollen or lighter.

The same rules apply to adults. Consult your doctor if you have appeared bulge around the navel. Contact an emergency medical service, if the bulge becomes painful or sensitive. Early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent complications.

 Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

Causes of umbilical hernia

During pregnancy, the umbilical cord extends through a small hole (umbilical cord) in the abdominal wall of the child. Just before the birth of this hole is usually closed. If between the abdominal muscles is skylight, this weakness of the abdominal wall may lead to umbilical hernia in the first months of life or later.

In adults, umbilical hernia can be caused by an increase in intra-abdominal pressure and strain on the abdominal muscles. Possible causes umbilical hernia in adults:

  • obesity;
  • heavy lifting;
  • nagging cough;
  • multiple pregnancy;
  • the presence of fluid in the abdomen (ascites).

 Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

Risk factors

Umbilical hernia occurs most often in infants, especially premature and low birth weight infants. The disease occurs in both boys and girls. In adults, the risk factors are overweight and multiple pregnancy.

 Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

Complications of umbilical hernia

In children, an umbilical hernia complications are rare. Complications may arise when performing abdominal tissues violated and can not be vpravleny back into the abdominal cavity. This reduces blood flow to the protruding pieces of intestine and may lead to pain and tissue damage in the navel. Strangulated hernia in adults can lead to gangrene hernia sac (that is fraught with the spread of infection throughout the abdomen and serious complications) and adhesive intestinal obstruction. To eliminate the infringement of an umbilical hernia requires immediate surgery.

Diagnosis of umbilical hernia

Umbilical hernia is diagnosed during a physical exam. Sometimes doing blood tests Blood tests: a mirror of health  Blood tests: a mirror of health
 , Conduct ultrasound of abdominal organs and X-ray examination. It is necessary to identify complications.

 Umbilical hernia: When the weakened abdominal muscles

Treatment of umbilical hernia

Typically, umbilical hernia in children by the year passes, without any special treatment. During the medical examination, the doctor may straighten a hernia in the abdominal cavity. Do not attempt to reduce a hernia and do not try to restrain the bulging tissue (not primatyvayte tape a coin on top of the navel) - it can only worsen your condition and contributes to the spread of infection.

Children rarely reduce a umbilical hernia surgically. This happens only in the following cases:

  • If the hernia increases with time;
  • If the hernia is not disappearing to 4 years;
  • If an infringement of a hernia.

In adults, surgery is the recommended treatment to prevent possible complications. Relapses are unlikely umbilical hernia.


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Crying baby: it can mean?

October 27, 2011

 Crying baby
 Every mother knows that the child may cry in different ways, and crying is already possible to see what was bothering him. The kid can cry if it is wet, hungry or had something hurts, such as the tummy - it often happens in the first two or three months of life. And sometimes he just wants to get it on the handle and pressed to his chest.

 Crying baby: it can mean?

Crying baby as an expression of normal physiological needs

Not so long ago it was thought that the cry of a baby Baby man, though with a little finger  Baby man, though with a little finger
   You can safely ignore. Today already not considered. The child was crying for some reason, you need at least to pick him up and find out why this is happening. Most often, the baby cries when it needs something.

For example, if he wants to eat or just hang out with my mom and lie at her breast, listening to the beating of a mother's heart. Now pediatricians are allowed to feed the baby the first few months of life on request. Often it is not so much suckling as communication, during which the mother can talk to the child, to listen to the sound it makes. So gradually formed in the mother instinct and she is already beginning to understand what wants her child when crying. And the child a sense of comfort and security.

Even a very young child tend to feel a sense of discomfort if it is wet or dirty diapers, and then he begins to cry. Diapers, of course, great life easier for women, however, they must be checked periodically and change, otherwise the child will begin diaper rash, and it is very dangerous, especially for a child's first month of life.

Discomfort occurs in a child, and when overheating (cold it transfers much easier), very often it happens when the baby tightly swaddled. If the mother does not pay attention to such a cry, the child appears fine, slightly above the skin red rash - sudamen Sudamen - a protective reaction of the organism  Sudamen - a protective reaction of the organism
   (diaper dermatitis). This is dangerous because the skin irritation can join the infection. The first sign of this - the white head pustular rash on the tops of the elements.

 Crying baby: it can mean?

Crying baby as an expression of pain

Most often, the child's first months of life are concerned tummy. This is because his intestines are not yet populated useful microflora, which in future will help him digest food. But in the intestine may present opportunistic microflora and this causes a large amount of gas in the cleavage of milk. When artificial feeding these effects are more pronounced than in the natural, because the mother's milk is absorbed better.

When intestinal colic baby belly swells and becomes dense, it Sucitu legs, pulling them to the stomach. Creek strong child "rolled" from crying. In this case, you need to take two warm diapers, put them in the kettle or any other heating device, and when the heat up, a diaper attached to the belly. It is better to take it at the same time on his hands and hugged her. Once the diaper is cool, you need to change it on the heated and cooled down to put on the kettle. Under the influence of heat quickly relieves spasms of smooth muscles of intestine and gases begin to depart.

If this does not help, then you can paste the vapor tube - a thin soft rubber catheter with a hole at the end, you can buy in a pharmacy. Venting tube should be sterile (boiled fifteen minutes), it is smeared with Vaseline end Vaseline: old friend  Vaseline: old friend
   or boiled vegetable oil. Venting tube is inserted into three - four centimeters into the rectum, after which the gases begin to depart.

Sometimes intestinal cramps occur when the child is too hungrily suckles or incorrectly captures mouth nipple naglatyvayas with the air. To such air moved, it is recommended to hold the baby after feeding "column", as he noisily not otrygnet air.

Sometimes a child crying from overstimulation, if a long time can not sleep. In this case, it is best to calm the mother, if will take the handle and squeeze yourself or to give chest.

 Crying baby: it can mean?

Crying baby in various diseases

The most common cause of frequent crying baby are headaches in the aftermath of the birth trauma Birth injuries - than they threaten your child?  Birth injuries - than they threaten your child?
 . Birth injury may occur if a child in utero is not enough oxygen (in this case the damaged brain tissue) or the delivery was protracted and traumatic. Reassure the child in this case is difficult, but still it would be easier on his mother's arms. Often a child is not breastfeeding often vomits. Will it only treatment at the children's neurologist, it is usually given for a long time. But gradually, with proper treatment, such signs are.

Another disease that causes a baby crying are diseases of the ears. In this case, the baby cries when he begins to suckle, as the pain occurs during swallowing. This child needs to show audiologist.

Attentive and loving mother very quickly begins to understand why her crying child.

Galina Romanenko






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