Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways If you have a hiatal hernia, eat smaller, more frequent meals to ease ...

Groin hernias may get all the attention, but a hiatal hernia-a lesser-known, yet surprisingly common type-affects more women than men. If you're wondering, "What does a hiatal hernia feel like?" keep ...

You’re eating a quick lunch and you get a weird sensation — you feel not only nauseated but also like something is stuck in the middle of your chest. You could chalk it up to eating too fast, but if ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who is active and healthy. I recently had an endoscopy, and the findings were a hiatal hernia of about 5 centimeters with some inflammation. I have been having ...

Hernias occur when a gap or weakness in a muscle or tissue allows part of an organ or other tissue to push through. They can cause pain, constipation, a heavy feeling in the abdomen, and potentially ...

Q: If I understand it correctly, in hiatal hernia, a part of the stomach protrudes into the esophagus. If the stomach is protruding into the esophagus, how is the doctor able to take the endoscope ...

A paraesophageal hernia is a type of hiatal hernia where a significant portion of the stomach (and possibly other organs) bulges through a natural opening in the diaphragm and into the chest cavity.

A 61-year-old woman presents to a hospital in Austria for an outpatient gastroscopy due to an ongoing problem with black and tarry stools. She has no abdominal pain or problems with elimination. Her ...

Background and Aim: Barrett's esophagus has been associated with the presence of hiatal hernia; however, to date no meta-analysis of the relationship has been performed. We aimed to conduct a ...

At a mean follow-up of 13 years among 103 patients, the verified radiologic hiatal hernia recurrence rates were 38% in the mesh reinforcement group compared with 31% in the group who received crural ...