Umbilical hernia causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
Overview
Umbilical hernia may be caused by congenital malformation of the navel or it can be acquired due to increased intra-abdominal pressure caused by obesity, lifting, coughing, or multiple pregnancies.
Causes
Causes
- Congenital umbilical hernia
- Congenital malformation of the navel.
- Acquired umbilical hernia
- Due to increased intra-abdominal pressure caused by obesity, lifting, coughing, or multiple pregnancies
- Paraumbilical hernia
- Adults
- Defect in the midline near the umbilicus, and from omphalocele.
- Congenital umbilical hernia
- It is theorized that cutting the umbilical at birth is a cause of umbilical hernia.
- Allowing the umbilical cord to fall off naturally may eliminate chance of umbilical hernia in infants.
- Abnormal decussation of fibers at the linea alba may contribute to the development of an umbilical hernia.
References
References
- ↑ Blay, Eddie; Stulberg, Jonah J. (2017). “Umbilical Hernia”. JAMA. 317 (21): 2248. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.3982. ISSN 0098-7484.
- ↑ “Hernia, Umbilical – PubMed – NCBI”.
- ↑ “Hernia, Pediatric Umbilical – PubMed – NCBI”.
- ↑ Oma, Erling; Jensen, Kristian K.; Jorgensen, Lars N. (2017). “Increased risk of ventral hernia recurrence after pregnancy: A nationwide register-based study”. The American Journal of Surgery. 214 (3): 474–478. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.03.044. ISSN 0002-9610.
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