Source｜Wuhan Evening News, Zhejiang University Children's Hospital
"Mom, my stomach feels uncomfortable, my stomach hurts..."
Recently,
a 6-year-old boy who lives in Zhejiang, Yan Yan (pseudonym)
cried out that his stomach was uncomfortable
and then vomited a large pool of blood.
……
A pool of blood that Yanyan spat on the ground (has been blurred)
According to the memories of Yanyan’s family, had just finished dinner that day, and Yanyan said that his stomach was uncomfortable and he wanted to vomit. ’s family initially mistook him for the vomiting caused by his picky eating habits and criticized him. However, it didn’t take long before I started to complain that I felt sick in my stomach. Later, I started to complain more and more intensively. His family rushed him to the hospital. As soon as he arrived at the hospital, before he could get checked, he vomited a large pool of blood.
I feel sick in my stomach, why am I still vomiting blood ?
After an abdominal color ultrasound examination, the doctor found that Yanyan's liver portal vein was blocked, and his spleen was much larger than that of children of the same age. After further understanding the condition and completing the examination, the doctor said that is a relatively rare portal vein cavernous lesion. figuratively speaking, it is a vein leading to the liver. Because the lesion is blocked, collateral circulation is formed around it and becomes Like a sponge, obstruction of portal vein blood flow back into the liver will lead to an increase in portal vein pressure, causing patients to vomit blood and black tarry stools, spleen enlargement and hypersplenism, and decreases in white blood cells, hemoglobin and platelets.
This disease is often accompanied by vomiting, blood in the stool, abdominal distension and stomach pain. If not treated in time, may cause damage to the liver, spleen, kidneys, gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, etc. . As of now, Yanyan has received surgical treatment and was discharged successfully.
The doctor reminds:
These abdominal discomforts should not be taken carelessly.
"Abdominal pain can be divided into many conditions. If it is accompanied by vomiting, vomiting blood or tarry stools, special attention should be paid. Parents should take their children to see a doctor in time." The doctor said that patients with portal vein sponges Children with similar lesions have symptoms such as loss of appetite, abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, and weight loss, which can lead to malnutrition and growth retardation in children. They may also have hematemesis, tarry stools, jaundice, etc. Repeated vomiting blood and bloody stools can cause anemia and hemorrhagic shock, which is life-threatening.
