Very often at the reception at the pediatrician, young mothers ask a question: «What are the signs of appendicitis in children?», «How to recognize the inflammation of a worm-like process?». How important is not to miss the first signs of appendicitis in children, today in the article.
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It is probably difficult to meet parents who would not have heard about the inflammation of a worm-like transformation from kids, but about what signs of appendicitis in children, the young mother himself will have to face, she did not suspect.
Appendicitis — Inflammation of the transformation of a blind intestine accompanied by secondary bacterial invasion. Child's intestine, like an adult, is populated by various microbes that do not cause any pathological changes. Sometimes under certain conditions, their pathogenic properties and they are manifested, these peaceful saprophytes, suddenly become the pathogens of the inflammatory process. Acute appendicitis in children — This is the most common surgical disease, but taking into account the fact that in children under 3 years old in a worm-shaped process there is no stagnant phenomena, in this age category the disease occurs much less frequently than in children 4-15 years.
The first signs of appendicitis in children can be considered a sleep disturbance and some concern. The child is capricious, often lies on the right side, pursing the legs, soon the vomiting, nausea, liquid stool with mucus, increase body temperature. And if all the listed features are evident, do not postpone, call a pediatrician or brigade «Ambulance». Baby parents in such a period need to be especially attentive, pay attention to the frequency of the chair in a child, and understand that sometimes abdominal pain can be associated with constipation due to overeating or absence in fiber diet. Mama should know that balanced food with a large number of vegetables and fruits, both raw and boiled — This is the pledge of gastrointestinal health kid. Key points of nutrition should be considered low-fat varieties of fish, meat and broths of them, dairy products, cereals, fruit and vegetable purees and soups, products rich in fiber, sufficient liquid.
Diagnosis of appendicitis in children: a difficult task
To establish the causes of concern and signs of appendicitis Sometimes even the doctor is very difficult: the baby is worried, does not allow to touch the stomach, it is not able to explain anything wrong, in this case only the joint efforts of parents and an experienced pediatrician will help determine the diagnosis. Attentive mom can accurately indicate the beginning of an attack of inflammation of the process, she knows when the kid first felt pain in his stomach when the first nausea and vomiting happened. Local symptoms to help a doctor can be:
- Palpation pain;
- Passive muscle tension;
- Symptoms of irritation of peritoneum.
The presence of the disease confirms the diagnosis of appendicitis in the children in the hospital, where the blood test immediately makes the leukocyte content, urine analysis, ultrasound and laparoscopy, if necessary. Number of blood leukocytes — important but not the only diagnostic indicator. In most small patients, there is an increase in the amount of white taurus in the blood, but very often the leukocytic formula does not give an accurate picture of the disease, for example, with a catarrock appendicitis of the growth of leukocytes, it is not observed, and when gangrenous — their number may even decrease. The further tactics of the doctor is associated with the conduct of differential diagnosis with dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract, gastroenterocolitis and intestinal infection. And if some time after the start of the attack, the baby is already in the hospital, it means that he is in safe hands and will receive a qualified help of a specialist who knows that the development of catarrhal appendicitis lasts up to 6 hours, phlegmonous — up to 20-24 hours, and the transition to gangrenous appendicitis occurs within 3 days.
Health and baby life in your hands
Only a doctor is able to solve whether the child needs an operation or not. Parents should believe and trust only the doctor, and not the recipes of traditional medicine, in which the treatment of appendicitis herbs and rinsing of the stomach. The child threatens the real danger in the event of a spilled peritonitis, abdominal abscess, intestinal obstruction and pylephlebitis. Immediate removal of appendix is necessary, and the earlier an operation was made to remove a worm-like process, it is safer and more safer protects the child from the development of complications.
