Heavy lifting can raise your risk of hernia, but that's not the only thing. Here are the surprising causes of hernias doctors ...

A hernia hiatus occurs when the part of the stomach starts to squeeze through the diaphragm and then into the chest. The ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My father was recently diagnosed with a type 4 hiatal hernia. His doctor said that this can be very serious and he may need to have surgery to correct the problem. He’s 85 years old.

The sliding hiatal hernia consists of the lower esophagus and upper stomach sliding out of the abdominal cavity, through the gap (or the hiatus) in the diaphragm, into the chest. This internal hernia ...

A hiatal hernia occurs when part of the stomach or other abdominal organs pushes through the diaphragm and into the chest cavity, explains Eric Yoon, MD, Gastroenterologist at Manhattan ...

A hiatal hernia is essentially a diaphragm strain. Did you realize that one of the strongest muscles in the body is the diaphragm? The diaphragm seperates the chest from the abdomen.

Paraesophageal hernias, a rare type of hernia, occur when part of the stomach or nearby organs shift into the chest cavity.

A hiatal hernia occurs when part of the stomach bulges upward into the chest through the hiatus, an opening in the diaphragm that allows the esophagus to connect to the stomach. It’s very common ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My father was recently diagnosed with a type 4 hiatal hernia. His doctor said that this can be very serious and he may need to have surgery to correct the problem. He's 85 years old.

Dear Dr. Roach • My father was recently diagnosed with a type 4 hiatal hernia. His doctor said that this can be very serious and he may need to have Hiatal hernia is larger than normal hole in ...

There is a hole in the diaphragm for the esophagus to go through. By far the most common type of hiatal hernia, type 1, is simply a larger than normal hole in the diaphragm, allowing the stomach ...