What is the difference between mesadenitis in children?

It would seem that absolutely nothing should overshadow the life of a little man. However, life often presents surprises to parents. Unfortunately, kids are not insured today from various kinds of ailments. So, it happens that it is necessary even for complex operations to be carried out with especially serious diseases. Mezadenitis in children today are relatively rare. This disease involves inflammation of the lymph nodes of the so-called mesentery of the intestine. Specialists conventionally subdivide this illness into tuberculosis, nonspecific and pseudotuberculous. In addition, according to the clinical course, acute mezadenitis in children and a chronic variant is encountered. In this article, we will describe in as much detail about this disease.

Mezadenitis in children. Causes

• As for the nonspecific variant, unfortunately, at the moment the doctors can not name the exact reasons for its appearance. Mezadenitis in children can develop due to direct entry into the lymph nodes of the mesentery of the intestines of various microorganisms, thereby causing purulent and inflammatory processes in the body.
• Tuberculosis bacillus, getting into these lymph nodes, provokes the development of the tuberculosis process, which, in turn, already spreads to nearby tissues and intestines, and peritoneum. Then the probability of tuberculous peritonitis is high.

Symptoms

As a rule, acute nonspecific mezadenitis in children develops suddenly. First, young patients complain of discomfort and pain in the navel. The body temperature may rise, hiccoughs, vomiting and diarrhea may appear . However, the general condition remains satisfactory. Pain usually lasts from a few hours to about two to three days. Tuberculous mesadenitis in children is often accompanied by the defeat of other systems of internal organs. In addition, there may be minor pain in the abdomen, an increase in body temperature. When palpation, as a rule, dense lymph nodes are noted, in some cases - even in the form of hilly formations.

Diagnostics

If any of the above symptoms appear, it is recommended that you seek help from a qualified specialist without much delay. The doctor in turn should appoint a number of tests, as well as a visual inspection. With the confirmation of this diagnosis, appropriate individual therapy is prescribed.

What should be the treatment?

First of all, the young patient needs to be ensured bed rest. Treatment, as a rule, is conservative. With severe pain in the abdomen, antispastic and analgesic agents are prescribed. Note that the choice of a particular drug should be carried out solely by the doctor himself. The thing is that the dosage and components are determined based on the age of the patient, the stage of the disease and some other factors. Note that with an acute purulent variant of the disease surgical intervention is prescribed.