If your baby suddenly cries for unknown reasons, and then becomes very quiet, plays a little and cries loudly, repeatedly, in the face of this situation, parents must not be careless, be vigilant whether the baby has intussusception, and seize the time to seek medical treatment in time.
Some time ago, there was a news report that a 2-year-old child in Nanjing, Jiangxi Province, suffered abdominal pain because he ate sugar oranges and drank yogurt, and was diagnosed with intussusception.
The intussusception mentioned in the news refers to a passage of intestinal tubes that are inserted into the intestinal lumen connected to it, causing obstructions in the passage of intestinal contents. It is a more common cause of abdominal pain in children, and some people describe it as "intestinal knotting", which occurs in children aged 6 months to 3 years old, and then gradually decreases with age.
Currently, 75% of intussusception is idiopathic and no definitive cause can be found, and a small number of causes may be related to viral infections, such as viral gastroenteritis and colds.
At present, the child's stomach pain to the hospital for examination, the doctor will generally recommend to do B ultrasound examination, this is because some babies will not express or express inaccurately, especially before the age of 3 children are prone to acute intussusception and other dangerous situations, so most hospitals will ultrasound diagnosis (B ultrasound) as the preferred method of examination of intussusception, if B ultrasound shows that there is a "bull's eye" shaped image in the intestine, then it indicates that there is intussusception.
If the baby has intussusception, these 4 symptoms will generally occur, and parents can use them as a reference:
Paroxysmal abdominal pain or crying:
Usually healthy and lively children, if there is a sudden and regular paroxysmal abdominal pain, when it is severe, it will occur every 15-20 minutes, and then the child will be fine again. When quiet, the child behaves no differently than usual, but after dozens of minutes, the symptoms are similar to the previous ones, and slowly develop into unbearable pain for the child.
vomit:
This usually occurs at the beginning of abdominal pain and is caused by the intestinal membrane being pulled.
Jam colored blood stools:
When intussusception first occurs, the child may have 1-2 normal stools, after which there will be bloody stools, and a small number of children will have typical jam-like bloody and mucus stools.
There is a lump in the abdomen:
During the interval between your child's crying, check your child's abdomen and you may feel a sausage-like mass.
For children aged 6 months to three years, especially young children, if you have one of the above 4 symptoms, intussusception should be considered. Intussusception is very important to be detected early, send early, enemas can be treated, if sent late, it is very likely to cause intestinal necrosis, perforation, infection, shock and other serious conditions, and even the need for emergency abdominal surgery.
So, is there a way to prevent intussusception in infants and young children?
In mainland China, intussusception in young children occurs mostly when the baby adds complementary foods or weans, which is caused by intestinal disorders and is easily misdiagnosed as indigestion or gastroenteritis at first.
Therefore, in terms of prevention, parents need to pay attention to:
Add only one complementary food at a time:
Add complementary foods to the baby, do not be too hasty, generally add a new food must wait for the previous adaptation, and then start to add, can not add several new foods at the same time, in case the child's gastrointestinal tract has not yet developed and can not adapt.
The addition of complementary foods follows the principle of going from less to more:
When adding complementary foods to the baby, the amount of food also needs to be properly controlled, increase according to the principle of from less to more, and do not feed a lot at one time.
Add or subtract clothes for your child based on weather changes:
Avoid irritating the stomach and intestines due to reasons such as hot and cold weather, and causing gastrointestinal disorders.
Children who have already had intussusception, parents should pay more attention, usually pay more attention to the child's hygiene, prevent children's colds, and reduce the recurrence of intussusception caused by viral infections and other reasons.