Make to every fifth baby the diagnosis "umbilical hernia". Naplakal, shouted, the midwife badly drew an umbilical cord or it is genetic predisposition – what from listed the myth, and that the truth? The frightened parents are frightened by both the word "hernia", and possible pain of the kid, and probability of carrying out operation.
Umbilical hernia at babies – that it
Umbilical hernia represents a noticeable vybukhaniye of a wall of a stomach in a navel. Protrusion becomes obvious during shout of the kid and can vanish in the period of a dream. When pressing the hernia easily fails in an abdominal cavity back. It can remain in a stable state, increase in a size or disappear over time.
Umbilical hernia at babies as statistics claims, arises at 20% of babies. The surgeon or the pediatrician defines it, as a rule. Most often the diagnosis "umbilical hernia" is made to the children who were born earlier put term and children with female sex.
Umbilical hernia does not cause pain. The main danger of this defect – infringement. But such state, fortunately, meets at babies very seldom. In most cases umbilical hernia independently resolves.
From where umbilical hernia undertakes
There is a variety of reasons owing to which developing of umbilical hernia is possible: - heredity; - prematurity; - the child is sick with rickets; - the kid suffers from neurology or an allergy; - the newborn is inclined to locks, gas generation. Long shout and crying owing to which hernia can increase are only a consequence, but not the cause. The anatomic predisposition is the true reason of appearance of umbilical hernia in babies. Incorrectly cut off or tied up umbilical cord the midwife – also the myth which does not have relations to the causes of hernia.
Whether costs and how to treat umbilical hernia?
Operational intervention at treatment of umbilical hernia - rather unusual occurrence, it is postponed until until the kid is 6 years old. At the age of 3-4 years the operation is expedient only if hernia reached the big size. Operation becomes to take in defect of an umbilical ring. The hem which remained after operational intervention is almost imperceptible. Hernias at adults are fraught with infringement and a recurrence. At women the risk of increase in umbilical hernia is high during pregnancy and after the delivery. Therefore in all civilized world the umbilical hernias treat in children's, it is desirable preschool age. In most cases hernia passes independently. Recommendations which the doctor makes come down to more often to spread the baby on a tummy, to do to the newborn massage and gymnastics. Swimming promotes strengthening of muscles of an abdominal cavity and the speedy recovery. Also special plasters and bandages are used. Observance of a diet, implementation of simple procedures and instructions of the doctor will allow to save the newborn from umbilical hernia.