What a hernia looks like in a child

Hernia, or inguinal hernia, usually manifests itself as a mass, pain, and crying. Children who have abdominal masses, pain, crying and restlessness, this situation should do the examination of the area of the mass, including ultrasound examination, physical examination of the affected area, and so on. 1. Mass: children with hernia in the inguinal region appear mass child, smooth, neat, slightly elastic reproducible mass. In children crying, standing, coughing and so on to make the intra-abdominal pressure increased obvious, lying position reduced or disappeared. 2. pain: mild hernia may not have symptoms of pain, with the development of the disease, the hernia site can appear pain. 3. crying: children with hernia, the attack of the disease is usually manifested as crying and restless, and even can not sleep. Children with hernias should be actively given to the child’s doctor, to timely diagnosis and treatment, to stay away from undesirable triggers, to avoid abdominal compression and so on.