Hiatal hernia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2023年12月23日 · A hiatal hernia occurs when weakened muscle tissue allows your stomach to bulge up through your diaphragm. It's not always clear why this happens. But a hiatal hernia might be caused by: Age-related changes in your diaphragm. Injury to the area, for example, after trauma or certain types of surgery. Being born with a very large hiatus.
Hiatal Hernia: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & Surgery
2023年6月30日 · What is a hiatal hernia? A hiatal hernia occurs when the top of your stomach pushes up through an opening in your diaphragm into your chest. Your diaphragm is the muscle barrier that separates your abdominal cavity from your chest cavity. A hernia is when any organ or tissue pushes through a weakness in the tissue barrier that normally contains it.
Hiatal hernia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
2023年12月23日 · A hiatal hernia occurs when part of the stomach bulges into the chest. It can cause severe heartburn but is treatable.
Hiatal Hernia: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
2023年9月13日 · A hiatal hernia is when your stomach bulges up into your chest through an opening in your diaphragm. Hiatal hernias happen more often in women, people who are...
Hiatal Hernia Symptoms, Location, Causes, Diet & Treatment
2023年6月26日 · Hiatal hernia is caused by obesity, being pregnant, age, or thinning of the phrenoesophageal membrane. Learn the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, medications, dietary changes, and surgery of hiatal hernias.
Hiatal Hernia: Symptoms, Surgery, Treatment, and More
2024年8月7日 · A hiatal hernia occurs when the upper part of your stomach pushes through your diaphragm and into your chest region. While you may have no symptoms, you might experience heartburn, acid reflux...
Hiatal hernia - Wikipedia
A hiatal hernia or hiatus hernia[ 2 ] is a type of hernia in which abdominal organs (typically the stomach) slip through the diaphragm into the middle compartment of the chest. [ 1 ][ 3 ] This may result in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) with symptoms such as a taste of acid in the back of the mouth or h...
Hiatal Hernia - Johns Hopkins Medicine
What is a hiatal hernia? Unlike ventral hernias, which protrude through the abdominal wall, a hiatal hernia occurs when the upper part of the stomach pushes up into the chest through a small opening in the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the abdomen from the chest.
Hiatal Hernia: Symptoms, Treatment, and Surgery - Verywell Health
2023年2月24日 · A hiatal hernia is when part of the stomach pushes through the hiatus, separating the abdomen from the stomach. They may or may not have noticeable symptoms. If symptoms are present, they are similar to acid reflux.
How to Treat a Hiatal Hernia Medically and at Home - Healthline
2023年9月11日 · A hiatal hernia is when part of your stomach or another organ slips through a hole in your diaphragm, the parachute-like organ above your stomach. Mild hiatal hernias often don’t cause...