private nursing home with a history of fever, nausea, vomiting and not feeling well. She has had symptoms like this occasionally in the past but got better in a day or two. But this time after 2 days ...

When Fergie sang about "lovely lady lumps," she certainly wasn't talking about hernias. But that's exactly what they are (def not lovely tho)—little bulges that occur when an internal organ pushes ...

A hernia occurs when a piece of skin or organ tissue (like the intestine) bulges through the outer tissue layer that normally holds the area in. Several different hernia types exist — and some can be ...

A hernia occurs when a piece of tissue bulges through an area of the body. Types of hernias include those affecting the abdominal wall, thigh, intestine, umbilical cord, and surgical incisions. Here, ...

A protrusion of abdominal contents through a weakened area of abdominal wall is called a hernia. A femoral hernia refers to a loop of bowel bulging through a specific opening, the femoral canal.