UCI Health gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon Dr. Marcelo Hinojosa and family medicine physician Dr. Regan Chan recently went live on Facebook to answer your questions about hernias.
UCI Health gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon Dr. Marcelo Hinojosa and family medicine physician Dr. Regan Chan recently went live on Facebook to answer your questions about hernias.
Questions included:
- What are the most common types of hernia?
- How are hernias treated?
- What causes hernias?
- Do hernias always need treatment?
- Are there home remedies for treating hernia?
"A hernia is any organ or fatty tissue that protrudes through an opening or a weakness in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue," Hinojosa says.
He also notes that they are extremely common. "What we have, you could almost consider it a hernia epidemic."
Facebook Live: Hernias
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