When it comes to hernias, many people are no strangers to them. Inguinal hernias, umbilical hernias and other kinds of hernias plague a large group of people, especially the elderly. Recently, the nearly 100-year-old Chen grandfather because of hernia, intestines fell into the scrotum to the hospital hospitalization. Doctors reminded that the earlier the hernia treatment, the better, fall and winter hernia relatively high incidence, there are symptoms should be timely medical treatment. For 20 years, he has been stuffing his own intestines. moncler outlet online This year, he is 94 years old, more than 20 years ago, he found himself in the right abdomen, a mass of objects often fall into the scrotum, resulting in abdominal pain, affecting the digestive function. Every time he had an attack, he rushed to find a place to lie down flat, and then slowly pushed the mass of objects back into his stomach with his hands. He had gone to the hospital for treatment, and the doctor said it was an inguinal hernia. Considering that he was in his 70s at the time, the risk of surgical treatment was high, and the doctor advised him not to have the surgery. 2 weeks ago, moncler outlet online the hernia struck again, and the intestines fell back into the scrotum, which bulged like a large papaya. He tried to push it back in by hand, but failed in several attempts. For three consecutive days, the old man couldn’t eat, couldn’t poop, and was in such pain that his family rushed him to the First Hospital. Local anesthesia surgery to repair the hole Doctors presumed that moncler jackets outlet the hernia of the intestines and hernia sac wall adhered together, through the treatment of intestinal lavage and other techniques to reset only part of the intestines. The fundamental solution is surgery, but, moncler outlet online, too old, the body organ function decline, suffering from coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, old tuberculosis, pneumonia and other diseases, the risk of surgery is really too big. Because of the tuberculosis, the surgery anesthesia is not suitable for tracheal intubation general anesthesia; because of the deformation of the spine, half anesthesia is also not suitable for moncler jackets outlet Chen. In the end, the doctors decided to use local anesthesia to operate on Mr. Chen. The first hospital general surgery, deputy chief physician Li Yehua said, local anesthesia on the system has minimal impact, the patient can get out of bed after surgery, more suitable for older patients, cardiopulmonary function is not good. The operation was carried out successfully last Thursday. Doctors opened a 6-centimeter opening in the right groin of moncler outlet online Chen, reset the falling intestines, and used a special hernia patch to fill the hole. This is the oldest hernia surgery patient the hospital has ever treated. The man was able to recover well after the operation and was discharged from the hospital the day before. Hernia incarceration may be life-threatening Hernia is a common disease, the incidence of the population as high as 1-2%, of which the inguinal hernia accounted for more than 95% of the hernia, which is characterized by: in the left and right inguinal area painless or have a swelling pain in the lump, upright more obvious, lying down after the lump shrinks or even disappeared. Hernias can occur at any age and are more common in older than younger people. There is a potential cavity in a person’s groin area that is normally airtight. The elderly muscle relaxation, coupled with coughing, constipation and other factors, the cavity may increase, the intestines fall and thus hernia. In recent times, Xiamen’s climate has turned cold, dry weather, the elderly old chronic bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases are high, which also led to the incidence of hernia in the elderly than the usual increase of about 2%. Hernia can not be self-healing, the fundamental treatment is surgery. Reminder, once found in the lower abdomen lump to timely medical treatment, diagnosed as a hernia should be treated as soon as possible, otherwise, once the hernia incarcerated intestinal necrosis, may be life-threatening.