When determining whether a hiatal hernia requires surgery, doctors often consider the symptoms and the type of hernia. Surgery may be recommended if the hernia become large enough that it bulges into ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My ...

A viewer is asking about what can be done for an esophageal hernia. Doctor Lacy Anderson has the answer. Anderson says it sounds like something called a hiatal hernia. This is a different type of ...

Hernia surgery can be done in as little as 30–45 minutes, and you’ll usually be able to head home the same day. Following hernia repair surgery, you’ll need at least a week or two before you can ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

A physician recently diagnosed me with an inguinal hernia. I’ve had it for about eight months on my left side. I do wear a support belt most of the time. I’m a 71-year-old man in good health, and I ...

AND WE ARE HERE WITH A HEALTH ALERT THIS MORNING JUNE, IS NATIONAL HERNIA AWARENESS MONTH. THE CONDITION CAN BE VERY PAINFUL, POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. SO WE HAVE ORLANDO HEALTH SURGEON, DOCTOR ...

Dear Dr. Roach: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My ...

Your abdominal muscles keep your organs and intestines in place. The protrusion of abdominal organs through a weak spot in the abdominal wall is called a hernia. Ventral hernias involve the front part ...

A stoma hernia, or parastomal hernia, may develop following an ileostomy. This happens when part of the intestine protrudes through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the stoma. Surgery can help ...

SPREAD AS EASILY AS COVID-19. IN TONIGHT’S WOMEN’S DOCTOR. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT POSTPARTUM HERNIAS. YOU CAN GET A HERNIA WHEN ONE OF YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS PUSHES THROUGH THE WALL OF MUSCLE OR TISSUE IT ...