Pylorostenosis is a disease in which a hole connecting the stomach and duodenum is narrowed. Because of this, nutrition is broken. In children, this violation is congenital and in the absence of treatment leads to death. Read more about the disease in the article.
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Pylorostenosis (stenosis of the gatekeeper) is the narrowing of the hole leading from the stomach in the duodenum. It may be congenital or develop as a complication of ulcer stomach disease. In children, the narrowing arises due to the too strong development of the muscles in this zone. Boys meet 5-10 times more often than girls. The disease is congenital, and the reason for his unknown.
As a result of the narrowing of the weekend of the stomach, milk cannot come from the stomach to the duodenum. As a result, feeding the child becomes impossible, which leads to rapid depletion.
The first and basic sign of the disease is the abundant vomiting of the fountain, which appears at the end of the second or beginning of the third week of the child's life. Vomiting arises between feedings, first rare, then it is expelled. The volume of vomit exceeds the volume of eaten food. Massows consist of a sinking milk with a sour unpleasant smell, without an impurity of bile.
In the future, the expansion of the stomach and vomiting develops less frequently, the number of pussy masses significantly exceeds the volume of the eaten milk, they contain mucus; Because of the presence of blood, they have a view of a coffee ground. Limiting the flow of milk into the intestine leads to a decrease in body weight, weight loss and dehydration. The child becomes restless, urinating rare, appears a tendency to constipate.
If you carefully look at the tummy of the child, then wave-like movements can be found in the upper part. If these signs appear, you need to contact the children's surgeon.
Diagnosis and treatment of pylorostenosis
To establish a diagnosis, in addition to the inspection of a child, a radiographic study is produced.
The presence of pylorostenosis is an indication for surgical treatment. Feeding after surgery should be dosed, gradually increasing to age norm by 8-9 days after surgery. Other methods of treating the disease do not exist.
Timely diagnosis and executed operation avoids severe disease complications and leads to a complete recovery of the child.
