Quite often, children have abdominal pain. It can occur in the case of the flu, and in the case of digestive upset, and with various infectious diseases, and with colic, and with pneumonia, and in the case of infection with worms and so on. But it can also be symptoms of appendicitis in children.
This acute abdominal disease requires urgent surgery. After all, pain is the main symptom of the presence of such a dangerous ailment. At the initial stages of their manifestation, pain in 80% of cases is not localized in the appendix, but is observed throughout the abdomen or in the epigastric region.
As a rule, the child cannot specifically and accurately indicate the place where it hurts. That is why this feeling is called fuzzy localized and unfocused. Often the patient indicates his localization in a circular motion in the middle of the abdomen.
Many believe that the symptoms of appendicitis in children, namely its acute form, cannot occur. And this opinion is erroneous. Since appendicitis can also occur in a newborn. The main cause of inflammation is a decrease in immunity. Since viruses actively begin to attack a previously weakened child's body, an infection penetrates the appendix, which causes inflammation.
In addition, the cause of the onset and development of such a condition can be angina, flu, otitis media or SARS. Many factors affect the symptoms of appendicitis in a child and the nature of their manifestation. It depends on various morphological changes directly in the appendix, on its location, the age of the child and the complications that have joined.
The first symptoms are characterized by the occurrence of mild, dull pain in the navel. The same pain can be observed in the upper abdomen. After six hours, such sensations appear in the iliac right region. After this, the child's well-being worsens.
There is lethargy, refusal of food. The child lies more. Although the symptoms of acute appendicitis are often manifested in a different way. For example, a stomach can sharply fall ill, the temperature rises and nausea appears. During walking, the pain gives off not only to the right side of the abdomen, but also to the right leg. The child does not allow him to touch this area, and when pressed, he suddenly screams, as this causes a very unpleasant sensation.
Appendicitis itself is a very cunning and insidious disease, which can disguise quite well for any other diseases, which leads to the difficulty of its diagnosis. This is mainly due to the location of this process. Each one has a different one. And the process of the disease itself can be different.
So, if the vermiform appendix is located in the pelvic area, then the symptoms of appendicitis in children are characterized by frequent urination, accompanied by increased pain in the abdomen. When the location is normal, pain is observed in the back and rectum. With subhepatic, the region of the stomach is affected, gradually passing to the stomach, and more precisely to its right side.
Until the child reaches three years, the pain in one place does not focus. Therefore, the presence of an ailment is often judged solely by the general condition that has changed for the worse. The child becomes tearful, troubled, refuses any food. Often there is vomiting, diarrhea, the temperature rises (sometimes up to 39.5 degrees). Dehydration occurs, so the mucous membranes of the mouth and tongue become dry.
But after three years and up to seven, the symptoms of appendicitis in children are completely different. The child clearly indicates the localization of pain in the navel. These sensations are not strong. At the same time, he cannot vomit, and the temperature increase does not exceed 37 degrees. But in any case, the baby should be immediately shown to a specialist. And to clarify the diagnosis, a blood test is necessary