General Surgery : All your questions answered

How is hiatal hernia treated by a physician?

Treating Hiatal hernia is possible only through a surgery. Although medications can help you manage your symptoms, it cant cure your hernia completely.

Laproscopic and open surgery are the surgical options available to treat Haital hernia.

The surgery is only performed on a patient when medication can’t relieve acid reflux and heartburn. Read more

What are the symptoms of a hiatal hernia?

Common symptoms of Hiatal Hernia are:

• Heartburn: When a medium or large-size hernia prevents foods from flowing in the stomach, heartburn is felt.
• Chest or abdominal pain: This can be due to the bulge in the affected area above the stomach.
• Acid Reflux: Backflow of stomach acid into the food tube.
• Difficulty swallowing: Vomiting Read more
  Edited 1211 days ago /answer/what-are-the-symptoms-of-a-hiatal-hernia-15 Dr.Sreedhara Setty

What is the best cure for a hiatal hernia?

Hiatal Hernia is one of those conditions where the patient does not experience any signs or symptoms. Hence, doctors often treat visible treatment, such as heartburn and acid reflux. 

Medications: If your hernia is in its initial stages, doctors always prefer medications over surgery. If stomach acid is under control, then Read more

What is The best Diet for a Hiatal Hernia?

Hernias can lead to acid reflux. Hence, you need to eat foods which are low-acid-producing foods and easy to swallow.

Food that Hiatal Hernia patient should eat:

• Bananas and apples, Green beans, peas, carrots, and broccoli, grains, like cereals (bran and oatmeal), bread, rice, pasta, and crackers
• Low-fat or skim milk and low-fat Read more
  Edited 1211 days ago /answer/what-is-the-best-diet-for-a-hiatal-hernia-13 Dr.Sreedhara Setty

Can a hiatal hernia increase acid reflux?

When you eat food, it passes through a tube called the esophagus (Food Tube). This tube leads into your stomach through an opening in a sheet of muscle, also known as the diaphragm. At the bottom of your food tube, there is a muscular valve (lower esophageal sphincter). When you eat Read more

What are early signs of hernia?

Hernias are so common and can afflict anyone and everyone. Sometimes you might not even know if you have one. 

The signs that you are suffering from hernia are

• You can see or feel a bulge around the outer surface of the abdomen if you have a ventral hernia in the stomach Read more
  Edited 1211 days ago /answer/what-are-early-signs-of-hernia-10 Dr.Sreedhara Setty

What happens if a hernia bursts?

A hernia bursting is something which is very uncommon and does not happen very often. 

Hernia occurs when a body organ protrudes through the weakened muscle of the body. The herniated organ can either get protruded or get trapped in the abdominal wall. So, hernia bursting Read more

What is a Spigelian hernia?

A Spigelian hernia is a hernia that divides two classes of abdominal muscles across the Spigelian fascia or sheet of tissue. The two abdominal muscles which are considered are rectus muscles and the lateral obliques. Spigelian hernias arise in the anterior abdominal wall.

In the lower intestine, much of the Spigelian Read more

What issues does a hiatal hernia cause?

Some of the common issues caused by Hiatal Hernia are:

• Heartburn: The medium or large-size hernia can prevent food from flowing in the food tube; heartburn is felt.
• Chest or abdominal pain: This can be due to the bulge in the affected area.
• Acid Reflux: Backflow of stomach acid into the esophagus
• Difficulty swallowing: Read more
  Edited 1211 days ago /answer/what-issues-does-a-hiatal-hernia-cause-7 Dr.Vineet Mannan

What is the best treatment for hernias?

Hernia does not get healed easily and on its own. Hernias need surgery to be healed as there seems no other treatment for healing hernia. 

There are certain precautions and suggestions for taking care of the symptoms of hernia but not to cure it completely. The only way which is effective Read more