Umbilical hernia: unpleasant, but treatable

Umbilical hernia: unpleasant, but treatable
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Treatment of umbilical hernia

Treatment of umbilical hernia - a planned operation. But sometimes, when elective surgery is contraindicated for health reasons. Most often this happens with the umbilical hernias in the elderly and pregnant women. In that case prescribe conservative treatment and monitor the patient.

Since any umbilical hernia may infringe any time, and the ability to work and exercise in this disease are organic, the patient should always be offered elective surgery. Persons suffering from hernias, even recognized unfit for military service. During routine operation, the surgeon returns the internal organs located in the hernial sac in the abdominal cavity and ushet or "patched" with the help of plastic surgery Plastic surgery umbilical hole. The operation is carried out in a calm atmosphere and ends usually without complications.

How to behave at a strangulated hernia

When strangulated hernia is much more complicated. The patient should know that in cases of suspected infringement of a hernia should immediately call an ambulance. It is impossible in this case applied to the abdomen warm, take a bath or painkillers - is extremely dangerous.

But the most dangerous violent manual reduction of hernia.

This results in bleeding in the surrounding tissues, and increases vascular changes in organs, which are in the hernial sac. Sometimes such actions end imaginary reduction when the hernial sac and its contents is moved by muscles, but is disadvantaged in the inner hole. Outwardly, it looks like the reduction of hernia, but denial and obstruction persist. Since the patient is sure that he is entitled to a hernia and everything is normal, in the absence of severe pain it can be a very long time to seek medical help, it often happens after necrosis of the intestine and the beginning of peritonitis. To cope with this complication is very difficult.

Sometimes hernial sac after spontaneous reposition moves into the gaps between different layers of the abdominal wall (interstitial movement) or reduce a fully into the abdominal cavity.

When spontaneous reposition of a hernia during the transportation of the patient to the hospital, he had to be hospitalized for observation and examination. When the first signs of peritonitis (fever, changes in blood tests, tension anterior abdominal wall) the patient must be immediately operated on.

After surgery for strangulated hernia Hernia: Types and symptoms - which are the most dangerous? patients underwent postoperative therapy, volume and intensity of which depends on the duration of the infringement, the severity of comorbidities and volume of surgical intervention.

The volume of surgical intervention in strangulated hernia is usually many times the volume of planned surgery. Often it is necessary not only to reduce a hernia surgically, but also to remove necrotic part of the body located in the hernial sac. Sometimes after these operations the patient is disabled.

Recommendations for umbilical hernia

After the planned and emergency surgery for hernias is recommended to avoid strenuous exercise. Therefore, patients who are engaged in heavy physical labor, should surgery be on sick leave for at least 6 - 8 weeks. When recurrent hernias, this period is increased by 2 - 3 weeks. In the future, these patients for 2 - 3 months to be transferred to a job that is not related to weight lifting. Early writing out to work unreasonably brief transfer to lighter work can lead to relapse umbilical hernia.

Of great importance is the prevention of umbilical hernias, which should be carried out from the first days of life. Immediately after birth and several times during the first year of life examines pediatric surgeon, revealing a variety of surgical diseases, including umbilical hernia. To prevent hernias baby should not be swaddled tightly and throw up - it increases intra-abdominal pressure and contributes to the formation of hernias. In addition, insufficient or incorrect child nutrition, inadequate care of the navel, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract (constipation, diarrhea), cough and some other disorders also contribute to the emergence of an umbilical hernia.

In adolescence, the development of the anterior abdominal wall muscles promote sport and physical activity. Good to swim, ride a bike, skiing and ice skating.

Of particular importance is the prevention of umbilical hernia during pregnancy and the postpartum period, which is equipped with special prenatal and postnatal bandages. If a woman ignores this recommendation, then it may develop weakness of the abdominal muscles, which contributes to the appearance of umbilical hernias.

Treatment of umbilical hernias always efficient, so better to pay attention to their prevention.