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Hiatal Hernia Self-Care: Diet and Lifestyle Adjustments
If you have a hiatal hernia, part of your upper stomach bulges into your diaphragm. Your diaphragm helps prevent stomach acid from entering your esophagus. In individuals with hiatal hernias, it's easier for stomach acid to enter the esophagus, causing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Understanding and Managing Pain After Hernia Surgery
It is not uncommon to experience pain after hernia surgery as you might with any other surgery. With inguinal hernia surgery of the groin, however, the pain may be due to the normal healing of the wound, an immune reaction to the mesh used to repair the hernia, or damage caused to local nerves (resulting in a pain condition known as post-herniorrhaphy neuralgia).
What to Do About a Groin Hernia
An inguinal hernia is when a section of the intestine bulges through a weak spot in the inguinal canal. The inguinal canal is a passageway through the abdominal wall near the groin.
