Clinically speaking, infant crying is the earliest and most dominant symptom of intussusception.
1. Intussusception is a retrograde peristaltic movement of the intestinal tube that causes a part of the intestinal tube to be retrogradely inserted into the neighboring intestinal lumen. Though it may sound unfamiliar, it is not rare, and intussusception is a unique disease of infancy and childhood and is most common in infants aged 4 to 12 months.
2. Intussusception can occur in all seasons of the year, with more frequent occurrence in spring and summer. In the early stage of intussusception, infants will cry suddenly, violently and rhythmically, accompanied by vomiting, bloody stools and abdominal swelling.
3. If a healthy infant suddenly cries, looks pale, clenches his fists, bends his knees and shrinks his abdomen, moves his hands and feet, refuses to eat or breastfeed, each attack lasts for 3-5 minutes and then relieves itself, and then re-attacks at intervals of 10-20 minutes.
4. Some infants do not cry, but have paroxysmal bowing of the back, if this condition occurs soon after the vomiting, initially milk, food residues, then with bile, and in the late stage can be vomited fecal-like liquid.
In 8-12 hours after intussusception, the infant may have bloody stools, red jam-like stools or fresh blood, pus and blood. Once the diagnosis of intussusception is clear, a professional physician should make a judgment on the condition and formulate a treatment plan accordingly.