| A hiatal hernia occurs when part of your stomach | | | | refluxing from the stomach into the esophagus. |
| bulges upward out of your belly and into your chest | | | | Additionally, it is known that patients with GERD are |
| cavity. | | | | much more likely to have a hiatal hernia than individuals |
| There are three main types of hiatal hernia: sliding, | | | | not afflicted by GERD. Thus, it is clear that hiatal |
| paraesophageal, and mixed. A sliding hiatal hernia is the | | | | hernias contribute to GERD. |
| most common type and is generally not a serious | | | | Hiatal hernias occur when part of the stomach |
| condition. Paraesophageal and mixed hiatal hernias | | | | protrudes into the diaphragm, causing a tear in the |
| may progress and are more serious. | | | | muscle. A small bulge, or tenderness may ensue, or |
| Hiatal Hernia Symptoms | | | | the hernia may not cause troublesome symptoms. In |
| Midlife spread may be partly to blame – in fact, I | | | | fact, many people do not know they have a hernia, |
| think it plays a major role. Consider this: Theaverage | | | | until symptoms develop. One of the most troublesome |
| woman gains about a pound a year from age | | | | symptoms of hiatal hernia is pain, and acid reflux, or |
| twenty-five onward. This means by yourmid-forties, | | | | Gerd. This is a controversial subject, because there |
| you could be sporting twenty extra pounds. What’s | | | | has not been direct proof that hiatal hernias are the |
| more, as you get older, your bodyfat tends to shift | | | | cause of reflux, but they are considered a culprit |
| from your hips and thighs to your belly. Excess belly | | | | behind the disease, especially if the hernia is large, say |
| fat may increase pressure onyour LES, increasing | | | | five centimeters or more, and if conventional acid |
| reflux episodes and putting you at greater risk | | | | reflux treatment doesn't work. |
| developing some hiatalhernia symptoms. The rise in | | | | Knowing the common cause of hernias symptoms |
| obesity may also be responsible for the increase in | | | | can be advantage to everybody as it can help if it is |
| GERD inchildren. Childhood obesity in the United States | | | | the beginning to save more pain and surgery. Hernias |
| has reached epidemic proportions, and | | | | are located in areas of our abdomen and mostly |
| todaygastroenterologists prescribe more reflu | | | | located in our groin area. The pain in our abdomen will |
| medications for childhood GERD than ever before. | | | | give a tearing sensation in our stomach and always |
| Belching | | | | appears like swelling as our abdominal wall become |
| Heartburn, worse when bending over or lying down | | | | weaken. The symptom of the first hernais are always |
| Swallowing difficultychest pain | | | | pain in the abdomen area with tearing sensation, feeling |
| The vast majority of hiatal hernias are of the sliding | | | | full all the times and bulging. |
| type, and most of them are not associated with | | | | The most common hiatal hernias are the sliding hernias. |
| symptoms. The larger the hernia, the more likely it is to | | | | These are not that dangerous, one of their bad |
| cause symptoms. When sliding hiatal hernias produce | | | | symptoms is reflux esophagitis, which was noticed in |
| symptoms, they almost always are those of | | | | any people that suffer from hiatal hernia. Some of |
| gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or its | | | | them were also affected by Barrett's esophagus |
| complications. This occurs because the formation of | | | | because of the hernia. Barrett's esophagus may |
| the hernia often interferes with the barrier (lower | | | | present dysphagia or reflux symptoms. |
| esophageal sphincter) which prevents acid from | | | | |