Dear Dr. Roach: I'm 70 years old and do 400 push-ups every morning. I also lift weights two days a week. I have developed an epigastric hernia. It doesn't bother me, and my primary doctor said leave ...

"Epigastric hernia is a midline fascial defect above the umbilicus where fat or tissue protrudes, often worsened by increased intra-abdominal pressure, aging/collagen weakness, prior surgery, or ...

Hernia is a painful and troublesome condition that affects the person inside out. It occurs on when an organ pushes through an opening in the muscle. This creates a bulge on the part of the body where ...

When you do a sit-up and/or contract your abdominal muscles do you have a bulge above your belly button? It can even be present just standing or sitting. And this is not the belly fat I am talking ...

The lump of the hernia is due to the weakness in the wall of the muscles of the abdomen or groin. The content of the sac is usually a part of the intestine. Synonyms and related terms – Inguinal ...

Incisional - after abdominal surgery, the site of repair will always be structurally weaker. Sometimes, the intestines can push through the closed incision, causing a hernia. This occurs after 2-10% ...

But that's exactly what they are (def not lovely tho)-little bulges that occur when an internal organ pushes through the wall of muscle or tissue surrounding it, says Mary Ann Hopkins, M.D. But that's ...