hernias

Routine tonsil surgery, hernias, gal bladders etc have left people with serious complications or in the morgue.

Is asking the person you share sleeping quarters with for the $5 he owes you causing hernias and cold sweats?

Epigastric hernias are largely a cosmetic nuisance as it's just fat from the abdominal wall (not intestinal tissue) that's poking through.

What evidence in particular, aside from your girlfriend, do you have for the claim that the groin exam for inguinal hernias is outdated?

My father-in-law worked on an end loader while suffering through hemorrhoids and hernias.

Studies of ancient skeletons indicate that the transition to agriculture brought about a plethora of ailments, such as slipped discs, arthritis and hernias.

Strengthening your core wall and adding stabilizer muscles all help to prevent hernias.

Even with my considerably more modest selection of tools I realized it would only result in hernias and back injuries.

It's to search for signs of inguinal hernias.

Most obese people are at high risk of things like hernias as most never built up the muscle in the abdominal wall and are literally a ticking time bomb.

Aren't hernias usually repairable by surgery?

Counterexample: I powerlifted myself into a couple of abdominal hernias.

The English lay term is probably something like "bursten belly" that would also cover everything from hernias to intestinal rupture.

I don't think anyone in these places cares how "dependent" they are on PIH; their kids are living with broken femurs, infected bones, cataracts, and hernias.

It's also weird why the "time left untreated" would have any bearing on the repair and risk of complications - people go through life with uncomplicated hernias for years - if they're complicated they declare themselves pretty rapidly.

Hernias happen when your core is weak and you exert yourself beyond capacity.