A clinically diagnosed herniated navel in children and adults can have different causes. Although any hernia in general may not be life threatening, in children they may present different issues than in adults (whose hernias are normally due to muscular stress). Herniated Navel in Children Hernias, a term used for any protrusion through the muscle [...]

Testicular hernia is often used by stand-up comedians as a punch line for a joke or to create a comic visual (“turn your head and cough”).  However, there is nothing funny about hernias – any type of hernia, in testicles or other body areas, is painful and can be debilitating, affecting the quality of life [...]

In many cases the symptoms of a hernia in women are similar to those same signs and symptoms found in men. Diagnosing a hernia in women becomes more complicated, however, because many of the classic signs of a hernia may be misinterpreted by a woman’s doctor and the cause blamed on an unrelated or non-existent [...]

A hiatal hernia may often go unnoticed due to the fact that unless it is quite large, the symptoms that accompany this type of hernia are often non-existent or easily mistaken for another type of illness. The truth is that a hiatal hernia can cause shortness of breath and for anyone experiencing light-headedness, dizziness, or [...]

Being diagnosed with a hernia is not the worst thing in the world. Today, a simple hernia belt has helped thousands of men and women lead a normal, active lifestyle. For some it is a temporary measure until hernia mesh can be placed surgically, but for others with inguinal hernias that are easily reduced a [...]