Cholecystitis in children

With severe pain in the abdomen, the child, as a rule, cholecystitis is the last thing we can suspect, since we are accustomed to that they are mostly sick with adults. But, unfortunately, cholecystitis in children is quite common, however, its clinical picture is atypical, and it can be difficult to recognize it. In this case, inflammation is not limited to any one department of the biliary system and in chronic course goes further, affecting the liver.

The cause of cholecystitis in children is most often intestinal parasites, in particular worms and lamblias, which, having settled in the intestine, gradually ascending to the bile ducts and bladder. Breeding and irritating the mucous membranes, lamblias cause dyskinetic disorders and blockage of the ducts. In addition, they are introduced into the walls of the vessels and cause pathological changes in their structure, accompanied by inflammatory processes, and the products of the vital activity of the parasites cause a general intoxication of the organism.

Symptoms of acute cholecystitis in children:

Chronic cholecystitis

Chronic cholecystitis in children proceeds in a slow form and is characterized by persistent relapses and the appearance of complications that can develop either as a hepatitis or as an abscess of the liver. The extreme form of complications is the rupture of the abscess and peritonitis - the infection of blood.

In addition to drug treatment of cholecystitis in children, it is necessary to take preventive measures - to eliminate foci of infection (caries, tonsillitis), to monitor complete recovery in various diseases. The diet for cholecystitis in children should be selected taking into account the violation of the stomach and liver and include products that prevent the reproduction of intestinal parasites: fresh vegetables, boiled meat, fermented milk products, acidified drink.