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Hernia Repair

  An abdominal protrusion of the contents of a closed cavity through a potential or an abnormal opening.
Cause:: age
              smoking
              Chronic coughing
              Family history
              Being constipated
               Damage from injury
              Sudden weight gain
              Being over weight
              Lifting heavy weight
Hernia Types:: Epigastric
                           Umbilical
                            Incisional
                           Inguinal
                           Femoral
Types of Hernia in common:: The most common types of hernia is the inguinal hernia , which is defined as extrusion of abdominal content through defeat in abnormal wall.
 It has two types as
    (a) Direct inguinal hernia:: occurred in the inguinal triangle usually occurs in the old age (weak muscles) the medical sac found medical to inferior epigenetic artery .
     (b) Indirect inguinal:: Occurs in the inguinal canal occurs in young males lateral to inferior epigenetic artery .
  Classification:: 1 ventral hernia
                                 A .  Umbilical hernia.
                                 B. Epigenetic hernia.
                              2. Cqroci hernia.
                                  A. Inguinal hernias
                                  B. Femoral hernias
Sign and symptoms:: pain 
        Nausea 
Vomiting
And many patients with hernia have no problem showing a painless swelling that gives no symptoms
E.t.c 
Treatment:: treatment is dependent on it's growth. And divide into the two parts 
A. Reducible. Can be treated with surgery
B.  Non reducible:: need emergency treatment. 

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