It is the constitution of a knob through a weak point or a scar at the abdominal wall layers towards under the skin. At some patients it occurs due to a congenital weak location, and at some situations like lifting heavy weight, chronic constipation, cough, to strain, retention, which increase suddenly the pressure in the abdominal compartment ease the incur of hernia. The inner organs, by far the most often, which cause these knobs in the abdominal wall, which are visible and palpable, are the intestine. There are several forms of hernia; they may appear in the inguinal region, in the umbilical region or at old surgery locations at the abdominal wall. But when the whole is examined, 90% of these are inguinal hernias. Some hernias are congenital, some develop later on; and sometimes they are acquired due to sudden increased stress. The development of hernias may be compared with the incur of a lump at wheels. We may compare the hard outer tire of the vehicle with the strong muscles of our abdominal wall, and the thin inner tire with the intestine. In general, the outer tire is strong enough to protect the inner tire and to provide that it is kept inside, but if there should be a weak location, the inner tire forms a lump towards outside. This is very similar to the incur of a hernia at a weak abdominal wall.

Findings:

Hernia can be visible or palpable as a lump in the location it incurred. It is a knob, which incurs in the inginual area or around the umbilicus and disappears or decreases when lied down back. The patients may suffer a light pain or a tension while walking, standing or other activities that force the body. The lump has the affinity to increase by time.

Diagnosis of Hernia:

Every physician can recognize hernia by a simple examination. Also a large part of the patients can feel that there is hernia developing at them. The hernia knob increases with standing up, coughing, strain, disappears by laying down back due to that the intestine goes back to the abdomen. More often at sportsmen or persons with athletic bodies hernia at the initial stage may incur with chronic pain without the development of a knob: point hernia. In this case it may be examined by US if the intestine entered the hernia tube and if there might be other pathologies as a reason fort he pain. Also the treatment of point-hernias at the initial stage are surgery.

At whom are they seen:

Hernias may be seen at women and men at any age. Hernia is a disease which is seen by everybody, from newborn to elder people. 90% of all hernias are inginual hernias. The rest of 10% are constituted by umbilical and incisional hernia. Inginual hernia is more often seen at men. Hernia will not disappear by exercises, diet or medical treatment. Hernia will not be amended by awaiting.

Risks of Hernia:

Non-treated hernias cause intestine knots and at further stage gangrene. The cause for strangulation is that the intestine winds up around itself and gets squeezed into the hernia tube. In cases i which this is not detected, gangrene incurs at the intestine, of which the blood circulation is disturbed and a simple hernia suffer may cause serious health problems which need urgent surgery. In addition, strangulated hernia may cause a harm of the testis.