A hiatal hernia occurs when there is an abnormality in the abdomen in which a portion of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragm and up into the chest cavity.
There are two primary types of hiatal hernias.
The first type is known as the sliding hiatal hernia and is the most common type of hernias.
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When an organ or tissue abnormally protrudes out of the body cavity, it’s called a hernia. The most common hernias, by far, develop in the adbdomen. In this case a weakeness in the abdonimal wall turns into a centralized hole, through which an organ or tissue will protrude.
Hernia’s are often times compared to the failure [...]
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You wouldn’t think a hernia could cause so much trouble. But that’s just what happened to Monica on her vacation in Hawaii. She and her husband Jonathan wisely purchased TIC’s Emergency Hospital & Medical for Canadians before they left on their trip.
Everything was going great, as vacations tend to do. Then on the forth day [...]
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