“How can you prevent a hernia from getting worse?”
I am a 53 year old male and I have an inguinal hernia. How can you prevent a hernia from getting worse?
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Not typically. The rules about hernias is that they never get smaller and they never go away on their own. In general it is better to fix it when it is smaller than to let it get very large or risk strangulation of the hernia.
This needs surgical repair.
Possibly wearing a hernia “truss” could delay the progression, but eventually it will need to be surgically repaired.
Avoid lifting heavy objects, Avoid straining, and avoid constipation. Hope we have answered your questions.
By avoiding straining, heavy lifting and other activities that increase intraabdominal pressure. Hernias will never heal in their own however often can be repaired with minimally invasive techniques.
Hi,
If you have a hernia, the best way to prevent it from getting worse is to avoid heavy lifting. The only way to fix a hernia, however, is through surgery. It will not heal on its own.
If you have a hernia, the best way to prevent it from getting worse is to avoid heavy lifting. The only way to fix a hernia, however, is through surgery. It will not heal on its own.
Hernias will not go away and tend to get worse as time goes on. Things that worsen hernias are those things that increase pressure in the abdomen: obesity, coughing from smoking, straining from constipation, men with prostate problems who strain to urinate, and repetitive heavy lifting.
So keys to decrease pressure are:
1. Lose weight
2. Stop smoking
3. Add fiber, increase your fluids, or try stool softeners to have one soft daily bowel movement and avoid constipation
4. Men should have their prostate issues addressed.
5. Avoid repetitive heavy lifting. (No power lifting!)
So keys to decrease pressure are:
1. Lose weight
2. Stop smoking
3. Add fiber, increase your fluids, or try stool softeners to have one soft daily bowel movement and avoid constipation
4. Men should have their prostate issues addressed.
5. Avoid repetitive heavy lifting. (No power lifting!)
