Does hernia in children have any impact on adulthood?

Hernias are more common in children. If they are not treated well, they will affect their future life and fertility. If a girl has a hernia, it will mostly be in the ovary and fallopian tube. When she grows up, she will suffer from infertility and cannot conceive naturally. If a boy has a hernia, it will cause poor testicular development and affect fertility.

Most children with hernias will have a bulging lump in the groin after crying for a long time, doing strenuous exercise, or straining during bowel movements. Some may even extend to the labia or scrotum. Generally, it will disappear naturally when the child is lying quietly. Many parents are worried about whether it will have an impact on their adulthood. So, does hernia in children have any impact on their adulthood?
1. The impact of pediatric hernia in adulthood <br/>If a child has a hernia, long-term untreated will affect the child's future reproductive function, because the hernia is closer to the human reproductive and urinary system. If it is a girl, it may cause necrosis of the ovaries and fallopian tubes, leading to infertility in the future. There may also be urgency and frequent urination. If it is a boy, once the hernia condition worsens, there will be very serious consequences, causing obstacles to his spermatogenesis and affecting his sexual life in adulthood. Parents must pay attention to it. If the hernia has not disappeared when the child is two years old, they must grasp the best time for surgery.
2. Causes of hernia in children
1. Congenital factors <br/>Pediatric hernia is mainly caused by the incomplete healing of the processus vaginalis. After the child is born, the tissue at the base of the navel and the umbilical ring are not closed well. Generally, premature babies, those with low birth weight and weak constitutions are prone to cold and dampness invading their bodies, resulting in local deficiency of qi and blood, poor blood circulation, and too high pressure in the abdominal cavity, which causes the internal organs in the abdominal cavity to shift and form a hernia.
2. Acquired factors <br/>Some children have a long cough after birth. Long-term constipation causes them to strain when defecating and they cry frequently, which causes the negative pressure in the abdominal cavity to gradually increase, thus forming a hernia.
3. Surgical treatment of hernia in children <br/>If a child has a hernia and it has not closed by the age of two, surgery is required to fill the gap. This operation is very simple, which is to push the intestines back into the abdominal cavity and then sew up the gap in the abdominal wall.