Intestinal diseases are common in children under 2 years old

The article is consulted professionally by Specialist I Nguyen Thi My Linh – Pediatrician – Pediatrics – Newborn – Share99 Da Nang International Health Hub. Specialist I Nguyen Thi My Linh has 12 years of experience in diagnosing and treating pediatric diseases.

Intestinal cage is a serious diplomatic disease, almost only seen in children, especially children under 2 years of age. Children who are too young and unable to speak are the most difficult things in diagnosing and treating the disease.

1. Intestinal diseases common in children under 2 years old

Although encountered at any age, intestinal cage disease is common in children under 2 years of age (accounting for up to 80% of intestinal cases), the most common of which is at the age of 4-9 months. The disease is seen in boys 2-4 times more than girls. The disease is uncommon in malnourished children, most of which are encountered in well-fated, dusty children.

2. Different manifestations of the disease between children under 2 years of age and older children

The disease is very different in two ages:

  • Children under 2 years of age: The disease manifests it is urgent, fast-acting, with a heavy indested amount by the hour.
  • Children older than 2 years: The disease manifests it is semi-urgent or chronic, sometimes urgent, but not as fast and severe as in breastfeeding babies.

3. Causes of intestinal cage in a child

  • Due to the imbalance between the size of the ileum and the ileum: Children 4 months old the size of the ileum and the ileum are almost equal, from 4-12 months the ileum grows faster, from which the ileum has a larger diameter than the ileum.
  • Some cases of an urgent intestinal cage are caused by Meckel diverticacs, polyps, small intestine tumors, tufts of worms …

Intestinal diseases are common in children under 2 years old

Intestinal diseases in children
  • Mesenteritis: In children who still suck Bauhin valves protruding into the colon, lymphatic cysts are abundant, when the inflammation is enlarged will interfere with the perieveration of the small intestine.
  • Mesenteal lymphadenitis is associated with viral infections such as Adenovirus infection, Enterovirus …
  • The ileum region – the ileum has two opposite waves of condum, including the downstream heed of the ileum and the opposite of the colon toward the ileum.

4. Complications of the disease

If the child is not treated in time, the cage intestine segment is quickly damaged leading to necrosis due to vascular obstruction. Specifically, the intestinal segment "received" pressed on the wall of the "caged" intestinal passage, the mesenterosis along with the blood vessels are swept into the lower intestine, tightened in the neck of the cage leading to mechanical intestinal obstruction.

5. Symptoms of intestinal diseases

Symptoms of the whole body

  • Early stages: there are few signs of the disease.
  • Late stages: Children often present with fatigue, inactivity, dehydration and electrolysis, bacterial infections – intoxication, rising temperatures.

Symptoms of muscle function

Abdominal pain: Children present with crying each bout accompanied by sudden, intense abdominal pain, and humanity. At night the pain wakes the child up, during the day it makes the child stop all activities, quit playing, quit breastfeeding. The pain appears and disappears suddenly, each pain lasts 5-15 minutes.

Intestinal diseases are common in children under 2 years old

Symptoms of intestinal diseases

Vomiting: Children often vomit from the first pain. At first vomit out food, then vomit green or yellowish outbreaks.

Bloody mucous ate: A late sign of the disease. Most cases of blood mixed with mucus, red or brown, sometimes with a few drops of fresh blood flowing to the anus; there are cases where rectal visits are only detected.

Squash – bye: Occurs if the cage block causes complete blockage.

Physical symptoms

Palpable cage block: The palpable position is usually on the lower right flank, on the navel, horizontal cage block. When the pain subsides, palpation of the cage mass is a long, mobile mass, the child feels pain when pressing, located along the position of the colon frame. However, cage blocks may not be palpable due to being deep under the right flank, cage to the corner of the liver, or when the abdomen is tense due to a late intestinal obstruction.

Manifestations of intestinal hemorrhage: Rectal examination sees blood mucus in gloves. However, in many cases when visiting the rectum, the head of the cage can be palpated if the intestinal cage is low, up to the rectal shadow.

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