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A hiatal hernia, also known as a diaphragmatic hernia, is a protrusion of the stomach at the opening of the diaphragm where food goes into the stomach. Many hiatal hernias are small and people often don’t know they have them. But when it becomes more severe, it can cause problems like acid reflux, with acid backing up into the esophagus and heartburn becoming a regular part of life.

Most people don’t need surgery for this ailment, but some lifestyle changes will help alleviate the symptoms without the use of drugs. In fact, it can be really simple to get rid of your symptoms without drugs, surgery, or even costly natural remedies.

However, millions of sufferers will pay billions for hospital visits, medications, surgeries and various therapies. And yet, many will save thousands! Do you believe me?

My Dad’s Story

If you don’t believe it can be that easy to get rid of the pain you’ve been suffering, let me tell you a story about my dad. You name it–hiatal hernia, acid reflux, bile reflux–he’s had them all. In his case, all this trouble was caused by a surgery in which a bile duct was mistakenly connected to his stomach instead of his intestine, making it really easy for bile to get into his esophagus. He suffered so much for about a year that he was throwing up several times a day from all the acid and bile that was refluxing. He knew he couldn’t live like that forever, and that all these health issues were putting him at increased risk for esophageal cancer down the road.

He didn’t know what to do, and back then–this was 1976–they didn’t have all the drugs that are available for treatment of such issues today (not that drugs help a hiatal hernia anyway).

An Apple?

One day he suddenly felt better and was able to sleep through the night. After a bit of detective work he figured out that the answer to all his health problems came from the produce section of the grocery store. It’s a specific kind of apple, and consuming just a little bit every day has kept him symptom free for years.

I tell you this story to give you hope. I know that it is possible to treat your hiatal hernia, heartburn, and whatever other issues you have, because I’ve seen it happen first hand.
You don’t have to dramatically change your life (though some things like quitting smoking and eating smaller meals certainly help, too) to get the relief you want. It really is simple!

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Hiatal hernia is not as widespread as inguinal hernia which is the most encountered form but it is the second most common type of hernia so you should know what it is and how it manifests in order to know if you are suffering from it and what to do in this case.

Most hernias occur in the abdominal area. Hiatal hernia appears in the upper parts of the abdomen, at the diaphragm. A simple definition of hernia is that it is a disease that appears when a certain part of the body loses its resistance, because it gets old in most cases, and another part of the body that is in contact with the first one slips through a small hole that appears in the first part. Depending on the body parts involved in this hernia can be divided into more types.

Hiatal hernia involves the diaphragm, which is the first ‘organ’ from the situation above, the one that gets weakened, and the stomach, its upper side in most cases is the second one. The stomach is supposed to stay under the diaphragm (the muscular membrane that separates the abdomen from the lungs), but the diaphragm has a small hole in it through which the esophagus passes. The area around the hole weakens and a part of the stomach passes through it and slides inside the chest cavity. There are two forms of hiatal hernia, sliding hiatal hernia, when the stomach slides through the opening in the diaphragm between the stomach and esophagus as mentioned above, which is the most common form, and rolling hiatal hernia, less encountered, when the stomach slides along the esophagus not between it and the stomach.

Unlike other forms of hernia you can’t feel the bulge that appears because the stomach slides inside the body, so in order to detect it you need to pay close attention if any of its symptoms show up, which is not that easy because in most cases it shows no easy-to-see symptoms! It usually causes heartburn, a warm feeling in the chest, because of the acid in the stomach that re-fluxes backwards in the esophagus. Most people feel symptoms after eating and lying down, they start feeling bad, especially if they eat hot spicy foods.

If you experience any of the mentioned above try paying a visit to your doctor and ask for a control. These symptoms also appear because of indigestion so don’t get alarmed until you receive diagnostic. It’s important to detect hiatal hernia early because if it’s left untreated it may lead to severe complications that include heart-attack! So periodically visit your doc and pay attention to the symptoms to avoid complications, but don’t panic as soon as you get a little heartburn because there’s a long way from that to a heart-attack.

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