Accidents involving bicycles or scooters often lead to infection of the pancreas in children, according to a study published in the German medical journal Aerzte Zeitung. The study was carried out by the University of Dresden and found that two-thirds of all cases of an abdomen trauma result in infection of the pancreas in children.
A typical accident involving a bicycle or scooter resulted in the handle bar impacting on the stomach. Even small injuries to the abdomen could result in an infection of the pancreas, according to the study.If a child complains of stomach pain, then they should be taken immediately to a doctor for examination.
Most infections are of a mild nature, but the child should be treated on an in-patient basis as a precaution, according to advice by Dresden paediatrician Jobst Henker.
Other causes of the illness are infection or injuries to the bile duct.
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