Best time for hernia surgery in girls

Hernia is a problem that children are more likely to have. Boys can get hernias, and girls can get hernias too. There are differences in the treatment of hernia in girls and boys, and many parents must pay special attention to this. So when is the best time for girls to have hernia surgery?

In most cases, girls have more umbilical hernias. Once discovered, the navel grinding ring can be used to gradually shrink the area, and it is usually cured within one year old. Umbilical hernia with a diameter of less than 1.5 cm can be gradually healed when the child is about 2 years old as the abdomen increases with growth.

However, when the child is around 2 years old, if there is incarceration, parents should not worry and can continue to observe the child's condition. If non-surgical treatment is available, choose it as much as possible. Use tape application therapy. Under the guidance of professional staff, change the tape once a week. If there is tape dermatitis, you can change to a belly bandage with appropriate pressure.

For girls under the legal age of three, if the diameter of the umbilical hernia exceeds 1.5 cm, it is suitable for surgery. During the surgery, a semicircular incision should be made along the one centimeter area of ​​the opening, and the skin and subcutaneous tissue should be cut. Then relevant treatments should be carried out, and finally the suture work can be done.

When a child suffers from hernia and has severe symptoms such as morning abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation, parents can take the child to the hospital and ask a professional doctor to prescribe relevant medicines to relieve the discomfort, but hernia slippage cannot usually be controlled. There are not many common medicines, among which many traditional Chinese medicines are safer and can be used as the first choice.

Treatment of hernia in children

1. Drug treatment: It can relieve abdominal distension, abdominal pain, constipation and other symptoms caused by hernia, thereby relieving hernia; the disadvantage is that it cannot control hernia slippage. Common Chinese medicine prescriptions include Hernia Neixiao Pills, Juhe Pills, Buzhong Yiqi Pills, etc.; or grind cinnamon powder into powder, mix with vinegar, and apply it to the navel with gauze.

2. Hernia belt therapy: It can quickly prevent the bulge of hernia, thereby effectively preventing the development of hernia and alleviating symptoms such as abdominal distension, abdominal pain, and constipation caused by hernia. The hernia belt treatment type can cure and eliminate the disease completely. The disadvantage is that it can only treat reducible colon hernia, but cannot treat hydrocele.