Possible reasons for a little cough on the second day after inguinal hernia surgery include: dryness of the laryngeal mucosa, tracheal intubation damage to the laryngeal mucosa, postoperative airway infection, physiological cough, and so on.
1. dry mucous membrane of the throat: children inguinal hernia surgery before and after the need for water fasting, so the child may not be able to drink water for a long time, dry mucous membrane of the throat after surgery can cause a slight cough.
2. tracheal intubation injury: children inguinal hernia surgery requires general anesthesia, tracheal intubation ventilator assisted respiration, tracheal intubation will inevitably produce friction on the mucous membrane of the throat and cause mucosal congestion and edema, and thus the postoperative symptoms will appear a slight cough.
3. Postoperative airway infection: children after surgery due to incision pain fear of coughing or deep breathing, so it is not easy to cough out airway secretions, resulting in phlegm accumulation in the airway, easy to airway infection and cause cough symptoms.
4. children inguinal hernia surgery after a slight cough may also be physiological causes, such as dust, saliva, food caused by choking, and so on, and surgery is not specifically related.
Children inguinal hernia surgery after a slight cough is recommended to closely observe, if the symptoms for a long time does not relieve or combined with pain in the throat, fever or worsening of the symptoms should be promptly informed of the physician in charge of timely adoption of appropriate therapeutic measures.