Dear Dr. Roach: I'm 70 years old and do 400 push-ups every morning. I also lift weights two days a week. I have developed an epigastric hernia. It doesn't bother me, and my primary doctor said leave ...

Hernia is a painful and troublesome condition that affects the person inside out. It occurs on when an organ pushes through an opening in the muscle. This creates a bulge on the part of the body where ...

Health care providers are constantly evolving treatments for complicated conditions to provide patients with the greatest amount of benefit while avoiding any adverse effects, like scarring. Marcus ...

Small bowel obstruction is most commonly due to adhesions, but internal hernia is a rare cause of obstruction, estimated at an incidence of less than 1% overall. [4] The latter can be congenital or ...

The lump of the hernia is due to the weakness in the wall of the muscles of the abdomen or groin. The content of the sac is usually a part of the intestine. Synonyms and related terms – Inguinal ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A few years ago, I developed visible fat between my naval and my rib cage. My doctor told me that it's a ventral hernia, which is nothing serious. I was told surgery is an option but ...

A new Australian study reveals who is most at risk of having hernia repair surgery, one of the most common medical conditions and surgical operations performed in hospitals worldwide. Half of the ...

Though they’re amongst the most common surgeries done in India and the world, Rakesh’s (name changed) hernia condition gave doctors at Lifeline Multispeciality Hospital a lot of work. The 71-year-old ...

But that's exactly what they are (def not lovely tho)-little bulges that occur when an internal organ pushes through the wall of muscle or tissue surrounding it, says Mary Ann Hopkins, M.D. But that's ...