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Inguinal hernias - Coggle Diagram
Inguinal hernias
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Presentation
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can be irreducible
most can actually be reduced however after giving opioid analgesia + doing sustained gentle pressure
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Pathophysiology
In utero the testes migrate down towards inguinal canal guided by mesenchymal tissue called the gubernaculum
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Dx
observed on exam
may become visible on raising the intra-abdo pressure by gentle pressing on abdo or getting child to cough
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thickened spermatic cord in males, thickened round lig in females
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