The examination of stomachache found hairballs.
Half a month ago, Ningning began to have a stomachache and kept vomiting. When my mother pressed her abdomen with her hand, she found that there seemed to be a lump in her abdomen, so she took Ningning to Nanjing Children's Hospital for treatment.
At the suggestion of experts, Ningning made a gastroscope. The examination showed that Ningning's stomach had a long and big hair ball from cardia to antrum, which was mixed with food and stuck to the stomach wall.
Wang Hao, deputy chief physician of the general surgery department of this hospital, said that it can be seen from the gastroscopy report that the hair in Ningning's stomach is different from ordinary hair balls, and it has been calcified after being fused with food residues, so it should not be eaten recently.
Hair, nails, pillows, fibers.
The mother of the child recalled that about two years ago, she found that Ningning's forehead hair was obviously less, and sometimes her stool was mixed with hair. After some inquiries, Ningning finally admitted, "At noon, the kindergarten teacher asked everyone to sleep, but I couldn't sleep, so when I was bored, I hid under the bed and chewed my hair, and then ate it."
After understanding the situation, Ningning's family began to pay attention to and correct the child's behavior. Mother found that Ningning would chew her nails and pull the filamentary fiber from the pillow into her mouth. Even if her parents stopped her, she couldn't help it, so she had to take her to the hospital for treatment.
After nearly two years of treatment, Ningning's pica was basically controlled, and her family passed away, but they didn't expect that the hair they ate not only stayed in their stomachs, but also slowly "grew up" and hardened, even requiring surgery.
The doctor said that the hair ball in Ningning's stomach was too big to be taken out by gastroscope. At present, only laparotomy can be performed, and the trauma is still relatively large for children, leaving a surgical scar of about 10 cm.
Preschool children need to prevent pica.
Pica refers to a long-term hobby of eating non-food substances, such as dirt, wall dust, hair, etc. , the most common in children, especially preschool children.
Hu Zheng, chief physician of the Institute of Pediatrics of Nanjing Children's Hospital, said that there are three main reasons for children's pica: First, preschool children's cognition of the external environment has just begun, which is very immature, but full of curiosity, and mutual imitation among children may prompt them to try new things, including eating foreign things; Second, zinc deficiency will lead to children's taste desalination, thus making children form a taste demand different from ordinary people; The third is suffering from intestinal parasitic diseases, such as hookworm disease and ascariasis.
expert opinion/advice
Scientific correction is more effective than corporal punishment.
Experts say that if a child suffers from pica, on the one hand, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the child's development, including nutritional status, intellectual development, psychological and environmental factors. Only by finding the pathogenic factors can we "prescribe the right medicine". On the other hand, in the process of children's behavior correction, parents must be persuasive and avoid scolding corporal punishment.
"Most preschool children have gradually become' sensible'. Blame and corporal punishment can not effectively help them correct pica, but may lead to aggravation of their condition. On the contrary, by explaining the causes and consequences of pica and giving corresponding positive reinforcement when the child has made significant progress, it is more conducive to helping the child correct pica. " Director Hu suggested that parents should try to avoid leaving such children alone for a long time, and should take their children to participate in outdoor activities and group activities. Once they are found to have signs of eating foreign bodies, they should divert their attention in time. We should also pay attention to cultivating children's good eating habits.
Experts also remind parents that pica children often hide and swallow foreign objects quietly, and cannot control their pica behavior independently, so it is often difficult to find them at an early stage. I hope that parents can strengthen the supervision of their children at ordinary times, pay attention to observing their daily subtle movements and psychological and emotional States, find them in time, correct them as soon as possible, and avoid complications such as digestive tract obstruction, stones and malnutrition caused by eating foreign bodies for a long time. In the case of long-term serious pica, you should take your child to the hospital to seek the help of a professional doctor.