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A complete overview of Groin Hernia
You need to know the overall fundamentals of what inguinal hernia is all about
What’s Inguinal or Groin Hernia
Inguinal hernia is a commonly occurring hernia, which affects the groin area, both among men as well as women. The disorder mainly occurs, in your groin area, wherein abdominal fat (omentum) or intestinal tissues push their way, through the inguinal canal, as such. As far as inguinal canal is concerned, it is the testes that descend across the canal, amongst men. The testes descend through the canal, shortly before birth. Among women, the canal is a location for the round ligament connected to the uterus. . When you are typically diagnosed with a hernia, you can witness a noticeable or rather a protruding bulge, in your groin that may gradually increase and reach your scrotum or the genital area in women. While you sneeze, cough or stand up, the bulge gets enlarged in size.
Causes and risk factors for occurrence of Hernia
Although it is quite hard, to determine the exact cause for occurrence of Hernia, one can say, that it is the additional pressure you put on your abdominal or groin muscles, that are major contributors to this particular disorder. Apart from this, you are susceptible to getting a hernia, due to the following reasons. The risk factors include
Symptoms of Groin or Inguinal Hernia
As already stated in the introductory paragraphs, it is the protruding bulge near your pubic or groin area, which is the major symptom to let you know, that you are diagnosed with Hernia. The bulges increase in size, while you stand up or cough.
Other symptoms include
Diagnosis
It is during a physical examination, that your doctor decides if you are diagnosed with hernia or not. He can easily push up the hernia into your abdomen, while you are lying down. However, if he is unsuccessful in his attempt you might be diagnosed with a irreducible hernia. Strangulated inguinal hernia is a more severe form , where the hernia contents loose their blood supply and u need to be treated urgently for the same. Your doctor asks you to cough, while you are standing. This can help him detect hernia, while it is at an early stage or if its small.
Surgery is the treatment , for you to get rid of your hernia. Here there are two options
In an open repair surgery, a large incision is made into the groin area, and the abdominal tissues are returned back into your abdomen, while the abdominal wall is thoroughly repaired with the help of a mesh(synthetic net like material) The surgery needs to be performed by a well experienced surgeon.
In a laparoscopy, two or three smaller incisions are made in your lower abdomen , rather than a larger one. This option is ideal for patients, who wish to have a shorter recovery time and significantly lesser pain.
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