Chronic pelvic pain is a common health issue for women, but a hernia is often overlooked as a potential cause. About 15 to 20% of U.S. women, ages 18 to 50, experience chronic pelvic pain in their ...

How Long Should I Be in Pain After A Hernia Surgery? Thanks to defective hernia mesh implants, not all hernia repair surgeries go as planned. The patients who received defective mesh often end up in ...

Many people mistake abdominal bulges for gas or bloating, but a GI surgeon has warned that this could actually be a hernia, ...

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Chronic pain is a common and feared complication of ventral hernia repair. Pain affects up to 39% of the estimated 348,000 Americans who annually undergo ventral hernia repair. Pain may contribute to ...

A hernia happens when a weak spot or hole in the abdominal muscle allows fat, tissue or internal organs to bulge through. A hernia can happen to anyone – some occur at birth and some are caused by ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a hernia in my belly button for 20 years that didn’t bother me until two weeks ago. Then, the pain hit, and the belly button could not be pushed in. I waited until Monday to call ...

I’m a 23-year-old male runner (well trying to be) who has been dealing with a nagging injury for a while. I have a physical leg length discrepancy of just over a centimeter, which is the result of a ...