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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
*Parents or physicians note the umbilical hernia shortly after birth. | |||
A hernia can vary in width from less than 1 centimeter to more than 5 centimeters. | *All families of babies with an umbilical hernia should be counseled about signs of incarceration. | ||
**Incarceration presents with abdominal pain, bilious emesis, and a tender, hard mass protruding from the umbilicus. | |||
There is a soft swelling over the belly button that often bulges when the baby sits up, cries, or strains. The bulge may be flat when the infant lies on the back and is quiet. | *A hernia can vary in width from less than 1 centimeter to more than 5 centimeters. | ||
*There is a soft swelling over the belly button that often bulges when the baby sits up, cries, or strains. | |||
*The bulge may be flat when the infant lies on the back and is quiet. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
History and Symptoms
- Parents or physicians note the umbilical hernia shortly after birth.
- All families of babies with an umbilical hernia should be counseled about signs of incarceration.
- Incarceration presents with abdominal pain, bilious emesis, and a tender, hard mass protruding from the umbilicus.
- A hernia can vary in width from less than 1 centimeter to more than 5 centimeters.
- There is a soft swelling over the belly button that often bulges when the baby sits up, cries, or strains.
- The bulge may be flat when the infant lies on the back and is quiet.