Here is a quick way to check if you have a midline hernia:
Lie down on your back. Raise your upper body as if you were doing a sit-up. Place one hand on your upper abdomen, just above your umbilicus. If you feel a bulge, then, you have a midline hernia.
The symptoms of a hernia can range from noticing a painless lump to the severely painful, tender, swollen protrusion of tissue.
Constant pain, nausea and vomiting indicate a strangulated hernia. In this situation, the irreducible hernia entraps the intestine and cuts of its blood supply. This condition is a surgical emergency.
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Hello Kristin,
Here is a quick way to check if you have a midline hernia:
Lie down on your back. Raise your upper body as if you were doing a sit-up. Place one hand on your upper abdomen, just above your umbilicus. If you feel a bulge, then, you have a midline hernia.
The symptoms of a hernia can range from noticing a painless lump to the severely painful, tender, swollen protrusion of tissue.
Constant pain, nausea and vomiting indicate a strangulated hernia. In this situation, the irreducible hernia entraps the intestine and cuts of its blood supply. This condition is a surgical emergency.
Maryann
May 23, 2012 - 4:36pmThis Comment
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