Post by masders on Feb 15, 2024 9:12:24 GMT
Congenital pyloric stenosis is the inability to empty the contents of the stomach, as a result of hypertrophy and hyperplasia in the muscle layer of the pyloric canal (the canal that connects the stomach with the rest of the digestive system. It is located between the stomach and the duodenum. As a result of the narrowing of the pyloric canal duodenitis, the contents of the stomach cannot reach the intestine. Dr. Jasminka Joshevska, radiologist, says that according to the literature it is more likely to occur in male babies than in female babies by a ratio of 4:1. There is also a family connection, if one of the parents has VPS, their children are 20% more likely to develop the condition.It is more common in first male children and premature babies.
Vomiting is a typical symptom The baby is not born with this symptom, the symptomatology is manifested by progressive hypertrophy of the pylorus, which results in vomiting. The use of antibiotics (erythromycin) at the end of pregnancy, in the first two weeks of birth or during the breastfeeding period, may be associated Ethiopia Email List with the occurrence of pyloric stenosis. Starting from the 4th week to the 8th week of birth, the baby begins to expel (vomit) contents that are not accompanied by blood and are not yellow (they are not vomiting bile / bile). Often these vomiting are accompanied by an unpleasant smell, milk mixed with stomach juices, sour milk. At first the vomiting is not frequent, but after a few days it becomes more and more frequent and after every meal. They appear immediately after breastfeeding, but in some cases they appear even after an hour after the food meal.
The intensity of vomiting is initially in small amounts, it intensifies with profuse vomiting, which is dramatic. Sometimes traces of blood or brown color can also be observed in the contents of the sputum. Babies usually have no symptoms that indicate they are sick, they do not have a fever, the baby is constantly hungry and needs to be breastfed immediately after episodes of spitting up. They have few stools, since the amount of food that passes through the intestines is small, sometimes the stool is accompanied by mucus or the baby is constipated. What happens if the described condition cannot be recognized and treated? Lack of timely diagnosis results in dehydration, slow or lack of weight gain in the baby, malnutrition and metabolic imbalance, lethargy. Parents of those babies who spit out food, usually try to change the formula of the adapted milk, since they themselves or even the pediatrician suspect that it may be an intolerance to a certain food.
Vomiting is a typical symptom The baby is not born with this symptom, the symptomatology is manifested by progressive hypertrophy of the pylorus, which results in vomiting. The use of antibiotics (erythromycin) at the end of pregnancy, in the first two weeks of birth or during the breastfeeding period, may be associated Ethiopia Email List with the occurrence of pyloric stenosis. Starting from the 4th week to the 8th week of birth, the baby begins to expel (vomit) contents that are not accompanied by blood and are not yellow (they are not vomiting bile / bile). Often these vomiting are accompanied by an unpleasant smell, milk mixed with stomach juices, sour milk. At first the vomiting is not frequent, but after a few days it becomes more and more frequent and after every meal. They appear immediately after breastfeeding, but in some cases they appear even after an hour after the food meal.
The intensity of vomiting is initially in small amounts, it intensifies with profuse vomiting, which is dramatic. Sometimes traces of blood or brown color can also be observed in the contents of the sputum. Babies usually have no symptoms that indicate they are sick, they do not have a fever, the baby is constantly hungry and needs to be breastfed immediately after episodes of spitting up. They have few stools, since the amount of food that passes through the intestines is small, sometimes the stool is accompanied by mucus or the baby is constipated. What happens if the described condition cannot be recognized and treated? Lack of timely diagnosis results in dehydration, slow or lack of weight gain in the baby, malnutrition and metabolic imbalance, lethargy. Parents of those babies who spit out food, usually try to change the formula of the adapted milk, since they themselves or even the pediatrician suspect that it may be an intolerance to a certain food.