In the article we will answer the questions, why there is a dropsy of the testicle in the child, what symptoms accompany this disease, and what are the features of its treatment in infants.
Normally, there is a balance between two processes: the production of the peritoneal fluid that surrounds the testicle, and its reverse absorption. If this balance is disturbed, it leads to fluid accumulation and an increase in the scrotum-hydrocephalus of the testicles in children, or hydrocele. This disease is of two types:
- isolated - the testicle is surrounded by a fluid that does not enter other cavities;
- informing - the fluid enters the abdominal cavity and exits from there through the vaginal process of the peritoneum.
Do not also confuse the dropsy testicles with a hernia, because in either case the scrotum increases.
Causes of the disease
A baby's testicle has the following reasons:
- congenital pathology: the vaginal process, which normally closes the entrance to the testicle cavity to the organs of the abdominal cavity and liquid, is not overgrown, therefore a flowing liquid is collected through it in the abdominal cavity;
- heredity: if the hydrocele was in infancy with the pope;
- prematurity of the child;
- inflammatory diseases of the testicle and its epididymis;
- scrotal injury;
- a disruption in the functioning of the lymphatic system and, as a consequence, an incorrect process of fluid absorption;
- increased intra-abdominal pressure, for example, because of problems with the intestines or increased anxiety of the child.
Symptoms and treatment of dropsy in a child
The fact that the boy has a dropsy may suggest such signs:
- an increase in the volume of one or two halves of the scrotum;
- the appearance in the groin area of a pear-shaped seal.
If the child has a complicated form of dropsy, then the external manifestations of the disease can also be:
- painful sensations;
- redness of scrotum skin;
- chills, general malaise;
- nausea, vomiting, etc.
Treatment of dropsy in children depends on their age. So, the newborn is prescribed a long-term (up to the age of two) regular supervision of a urologist.
Boys older watched 2.5-3 months, in order to assess the dynamics of the disease. If a one-year-old baby has too much swelling of the scrotum, then do a puncture - pumping out the fluid.
If the dropsy of the testicle does not pass, then an operation is prescribed, which will help to get rid of the hydrocele forever. Today, there are several types of surgical intervention, in which the vaginal sheath of the testicle is removed. Such operations, as a rule, do the child from two years. The operation is performed under local or intravenous anesthesia for 25-30 minutes. For children, the second type of anesthesia is preferable. Allow the baby to avoid emotional stress.
A child can be taken home on the day of surgery or the next day. On the first day of the doctor appoints non-narcotic analgesics: analgin, paracetamol, ibuprofen, panadol, etc. It is necessary to limit the activity of the baby until the complete healing of the postoperative wound. In general, such operations are carried over by the children well, and they quickly recover.
The removal of the vaginal membrane does not bring the child, and in consequence and the adult man, anxiety, and the egg normally functions all his life.
- relapse of the disease (occurs rarely, from 0.5 to 6%, and usually in adolescence);
- male infertility (in the case of operational injuries, ie depends on the technique of performing the operation);
- unpleasant painful sensations (associated, as a rule, with damage to nerve endings and disappear 6 to 12 months after surgery).
A timely operation and good technique will help avoid complications.