Inguinal hernia is a hernia that goes out of abdominal cavity through inguinal canal. Inguinal canal is reputed to be one of the "weakest" areas of the abdominal wall. And if to speak about boys, spermatic cord is situated in inguinal canal.
Inguinal hernia occurs in 80% of all hernias of the front abdominal wall. With children it has congenital character. It is conditioned by internal organs prolapse (i.e. intestinal loop, omentum) into hernial sac when intra-abdominal pressure increases.
Within the first weeks or months outpouching in inguinal region can be defined. With boys it can move to the scrotum. When a child yells, cries, moves, sneezes or there is an urge to defecate, this tumidity increases in size. However in horizontal position, this outpouching disappears and its invagination into the abdominal cavity is easy and painless.
In more than 20% strangulation of hernia can happen. This means that an intestine has stuck in the inguinal canal; blood vessels have curved and were blocked.
As a result of blood circulation disturbance in underlying tissues, bad pain, nausea or vomiting appear.
In this case surgical treatment is urgent.
The essence of this operation is sewing of tissues of inguinal canal between themselves that is aimed at elimination of hernial defect.
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