Patient's question:
I don't get sick often, so these days I don't know what's going on. I feel like there's a lot of gas in my stomach, and it's very painful. After that, I couldn't digest anything I ate, so I went to the hospital for a thorough check-up. The doctor said I have a hernia, but I don't understand what a hernia is?Doctor's answer:
Hernia is a relatively common type of inflammation in clinical diagnosis. The cause of hernia is due to abdominal organs returning to their normal position through congenital or acquired weak points, scars, or openings, entering another part of the body. A common type is inguinal hernia. The clinical manifestation occurs above the perineum at the inguinal position, where the protruding tissue enters the scrotum, causing one side of the scrotum to enlarge and leading to local distension and pain.