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The history and symptoms are as follows:<ref name="urlHernia, Pediatric Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf" | The history and symptoms are as follows:<ref> name="urlHernia, Pediatric Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf"{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459294/#!po=70.0000 |title=Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="urlHernia, Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459312/#_NBK459312_pubdet_ |title=Hernia, Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*History given by parents include: | *History given by parents include: | ||
**Swelling of the belly button, which increases when the baby is crying, coughing, or straining. | **Swelling of the belly button, which increases when the baby is crying, coughing, or straining. |
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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
Umbilical hernia presents with 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. All families of babies with an umbilical hernia should be counseled about signs of incarceration; abdominal pain, bilious emesis, and a tender, hard mass protruding from the umbilicus. Treatment is by the size of the defect, the age of the patient, and the concerns that the family have regarding the cosmetic appearance of the abdomen. Most defects close spontaneously by the age of two years.
History and Symptoms
The history and symptoms are as follows:[1][2]
- History given by parents include:
- Swelling of the belly button, which increases when the baby is crying, coughing, or straining.
- All families of babies with an umbilical hernia should be counseled about signs of incarceration.
- Abdominal pain
- Bilious emesis
- 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.
- Treatment is by the size of the defect, the age of the patient, and the concerns that the family have regarding the cosmetic appearance of the abdomen.
- Most defects close spontaneously by the age of two years.
References
- ↑ name="urlHernia, Pediatric Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf""Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf".
- ↑ "Hernia, Umbilical - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf".