Umbilical hernia is a disease that is most common in infants. Mostly premature infants suffer from it. But this pathology also occurs in adults. Quite often, people after forty years of age who are diagnosed with umbilical hernia seek surgical help.
Causes of pathology
In a child, an umbilical hernia occurs, as a rule, due to a hereditary predisposition. The likelihood of a pathology that appears due to the weakness of the muscles located in the anterior abdominal wall is almost 70 percent in the case when the mother or father of the child suffered from this disease in childhood.
In adults, umbilical hernia appears after excessive physical exertion. It also arises with an incorrect distribution of weights during the ascent. The cause of the pathology may be a discrepancy in the fibers of the abdominal muscles during pregnancy. After surgery, a postoperative umbilical hernia may also occur. It is localized in the scar zone.
Umbilical hernia. Symptom of ailment
Any hernia externally manifests itself as an abnormal protrusion of a part of the organ at the site of its appearance. In a child, even a specialist can not detect a pathology. If the baby has an umbilical hernia, a symptom of pathology is manifested in the compaction of fatty tissue in the navel.
A sign of an ailment in adults is the exit through the umbilical ring of pathological contents. It is not difficult to identify the disease by its external signs. But it is worth remembering that when the first symptoms appear, it is important to immediately consult a specialist. Only then will it be possible to finally make sure that the changes that have arisen are an umbilical hernia. The symptom of this pathology is similar to the manifestation of some tumors. These include lipoma, dermatoma and dermatofibroma. These neoplasms are benign and not dangerous to human health. However, there are cases when a protrusion in the umbilical region can serve as a manifestation of spreading metastases of malignant type tumors. In this regard, an examination in a medical institution should be carried out without fail.
What is the danger of the disease?
Is it worth worrying if you have an umbilical hernia? The symptom of the disease is sometimes expressed in circulatory disorders. This, in turn, threatens tissue necrosis in the field of pathology. This situation occurs with a complication of the disease.
Pathology can trigger the development of peritonitis. This occurs when part of the peritoneum enters the hernial sac.
Causes and symptoms of complications
The aggravation of the disease occurs after overvoltage caused by the lifting of any weights. However, insignificant physical activity, for example, when coughing or laughing, can become a cause of infringement. Sometimes there is a complication with the wrong rhythm of bowel movement.
A sign of infringement is a sharp pain that occurs in the umbilical region. The hernial sac is hot and tense to the touch. It is impossible to correct. Symptoms of infringement of the umbilical hernia are also signs of intoxication. They manifest in the form of nausea and vomiting, headache and fever, as well as aches in the lower back and joints.
Pathology treatment
Umbilical hernia in adults is removed by surgical intervention. If there are no complications, then the operation can be carried out at a convenient time for this. In the event that the pathology led to the occurrence of an infringement, the intervention of the surgeon should be immediate.