Possible causes of small abdominal bulge with hard texture include acute urinary retention, intestinal obstruction, intestinal neoplastic lesions, white line hernia, etc., which need to be diagnosed according to the symptoms as well as the examination.
1. For acute urinary retention, patients with severe prostate hyperplasia may have a bulging abdomen and a hard texture to the touch due to the large amount of urine stagnating in the bladder as a result of the difficulty in urinary drainage. Can be accompanied by severe abdominal distension and pain, the need for timely use of catheters to drain the urine to reduce the pain.
2. Bowel obstruction can be caused by a large amount of fecal matter accumulating in the sigmoid colon, mostly in the elderly, manifested as a bulging abdomen and hard texture, mostly with a history of constipation.
3. Intestinal neoplastic lesions such as sigmoid colon malignant tumors, small intestinal mesenchymal tumors, etc. When the tumor grows to a certain extent, it can be touched on the surface of the body and has a hard texture, and at this time, it is necessary to carry out surgical treatment as soon as possible.
4. The mass that occurs in the midline of the abdomen and the hard texture may also be caused by white line hernia, hernia content may be large omentum, small intestine, etc., the hernia can be small without treatment, when the hernia block is large and have obvious symptoms need timely surgical treatment.
In addition, pregnancy, pelvic tumors, etc. may also occur. When the small abdominal bulge is hard and accompanied by obvious symptoms, we should improve the relevant examinations such as abdominal ultrasound, timely intervention and treatment.