There are more types of hernia in 5-year-old children, including inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, etc. According to the different types, as well as the age of the child, it is necessary to choose the appropriate method to solve the problem, and there is no fastest one. There is no fastest way to solve the problem, such as acute treatment, general treatment, surgical treatment and so on.
1. Acute treatment: When the child has an incarcerated inguinal hernia or umbilical hernia, it is an emergency. At this time can be used manipulation for reset, reset successfully can be observed for 24 to 48 hours before discharge; for incarcerated more than 12 hours, reset unsuccessful children, then need to emergency surgery.
2. General treatment: It is necessary to pay attention to avoid the children to carry out some activities that increase the abdominal pressure, such as crying, coughing and shouting to avoid aggravating the condition.
3. Surgical treatment: different types of hernia surgery is different, specific as follows.
(1) pediatric inguinal hernia: for pediatric inguinal hernia, generally can use traditional surgery and laparoscopic surgery for treatment, including traditional surgery, hernia sac high ligation, inguinal canal repair, etc., can effectively block the abdominal organs into the hernia sac, to promote the abdominal organs are not in the bulging; Laparoscopic surgery, including laparoscopic high ligation of the hernia sac, laparoscopic hernia repair.
(2) Umbilical hernia: for children over 2 years old, or the umbilical ring diameter of more than 1.5cm umbilical hernia, can also consider the use of surgical resection of the hernia sac, and at the same time, repair the abdominal wall defect, so as to achieve therapeutic effect.
(3) Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Surgery is required immediately after diagnosis, through which the organs in the thoracic cavity are also incorporated into the abdominal cavity and the diaphragmatic defect is closed.