Is a Hiatal Hernia Dangerous
A Small Hiatal Hernia Usually Doesn’t Cause Problems. You May Never Know You Have One Unless Your Doctor Discovers It When Checking for Another Condition. but...
A small hiatal hernia usually doesn’t cause problems. You may never know you have one unless your doctor discovers it when checking for another condition. But a large hiatal hernia can allow food and acid to back up into your esophagus, leading to heartburn.
What happens if a hiatal hernia is left untreated?
If left untreated, Hiatal hernias can rarely become trapped in the chest or strangulated—which means the hernia begins to cut off blood to the entrapped intestine. Strangulated Hiatal hernias can cause sudden pain in the chest and requires immediate medical attention.
Are hiatal hernias life threatening?
Although usually asymptomatic, hiatal hernias typically present as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Life-threatening cases are extremely rare and those reported are mostly in patients with comorbidities and incarcerated paraesophageal or mixed hiatal hernias.
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