Hirschsprung disease is present at birth as a result of missing nerve cells in the muscles of the baby's colon. Hirschsprung disease is a condition that affects the large intestine and causes problems with passing stool. Newborn’s who have hirschsprung disease usually can't have a bowel movement in the days after birth.
Treatment for hirschsprung disease
Surgeons remove the segment of the intestine that does not have ganglion cells. This always includes the rectum, and it may include part of the colon. Then, the surgeon connects the remaining intestine to your child’s anus. This surgery is called a pull-through. For bowel problems that might happen after surgery, we offer a range of treatment options, including using medicines and changing your child’s diet, activity level and toilet habits to reduce constipation and incontinence, having an internal anal sphincter botox injection and having another surgery to remove the intestine that isn’t moving stool. Ostomy procedures include Ileostomy where the doctor removes the entire colon and connects the small intestine to the stoma. Stool leaves the body through the stoma into a bag and colostomy where the doctor leaves part of the colon intact and connects it to the stoma. Stool leaves the body through the end of the large intestine.
Also Read:
How to avoid gaining weight while on holiday??..
