How to handle a hernia

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News in Health – A hernia can interfere with everyday tasks, reduce productivity, affect sleep, and take a toll on your mental health, self-image, and social interactions. Doctors can often diagnose it through a physical exam and discuss treatment options with you.

Hernias usually aren’t life-threatening but when blood supply is cut off – a strangulated hernia, it can be an emergency, causing severe pain, nausea, or vomiting. Surgery is the only permanent fix if it causes problems.

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