Hernia Myths and Facts

Hernia problem is that very often asked, and there is concern, especially for athletes and lay people who regularly play sports with free weights. A hernia is a condition in which the organ in the body through the area, which is normally closed.

There are several types of hernias are dependent on the location of the release are:

  • Inguinal / scrotal: Is the location of defects in the groin
  • Femoral: If the location of the fault is in the thigh
  • Umbilical hernia, if the defect in the umbilicus
  • Insisional: if the location of the defect in the previous operation

There are several other types of hernias are rare, but not worth mentioning. Of the four types of hernias are inguinal hernias frequently, followed by a femoral hernia. Hernia affects more men with a ratio of 9:1, while the femoral and more women with a ratio of 3:1. This article will focus mainly discussed about the hernia.

Inguinal hernia (IH) occurs in two ways, as the director of HELLO or indirectly known. If the growths of the fetus, the testicles are removed initially in the abdominal cavity then on the growth, the testes increase in the pockets of the testicles (scrotum) below the penis. On the way, creates a tunnel that connects the abdomen where the testicles originally from the end of the scrotum, testes position (inguinal canal). The tunnel is in the bar, which usually closed to remove the baby’s growth. In some cases, where the tunnel is not closed, the abdominal cavity and connected to the bag at the entrance of the testes remain abdominal organs (intestine) into the pockets of indirect testicular HI. When the abdomen through the inguinal canal and continues into the scrotum, then called testicular rupture, which is a continuation of the indirect HI.

The directors of HI occurs when the abdominal organs outside the abdominal cavity through the inner ring, which is thinner than the area around the abdomen. Hi-manager does not result in a scrotal hernia, because it has no anatomical relationship.

Indirect hi can occur at any age, but especially if the baby was due to the failure of the shutter in time, while the director of the HI is mainly due to the weakness of the muscles of the affected age.

Actual incidence of inguinal hernia is very low, is the United States just as much as 1 in 544 people, reported or about 0.18%, but why is a big problem? This is because the hernia can be fatal if the severity of the abdominal organs may be in the pockets of the hernia does not return to starting position and squeezed, causing pain and organ damage.

What are the risk factors in the development of hi? What you can do to prevent it? Medically, it can in risk factors that are not preventable and avoidable are divided. Factors that can prevent the male sex, is the older growth. Moderate risk factors that can prevent, among other things, obesity and weight loss to extremes, such as the use of crash diets, smoking, lack of regular exercise and straining when defecating.

So the main question is often asked whether the people who normally do not weightlifting risk of HI and OFF. As already mentioned, there are several factors play a role in the development of HI-2 and factors are not independent, but at the same time. When people invite you to exercise regularly, is the increase in abdominal muscle strength, a protective factor, but in some people who have a birth defect or abnormality of the abdominal wall or risk factors such as smoking, eating is an error in the configuration and extreme, which in turn damage to the tissue of the tissue of the stomach, the hi activated when lifting weights can.

Another question is whether the tape is now often can be avoided in the gym? There are no clinical studies to support or reject the use of the tape, and if my analysis of the logic of the anatomical conditions that do not support the use of these belts. The first reason is that tape is not strong enough to keep the pressure in the abdominal cavity pressure up, if you lift weights. The second photo resist the inguinal canal by connective tissue or tendons surrounding the pressure of the belt and the inner ring, where the release of the administration of HI have a small diameter and deeper into the areas around it. The second reason is the location of the release of HI in the middle of the bar is very low, while the belt is usually used not reach this area, so if you want to use it, use an extremely low level of such.

So what happens if the hernia has occurred? The only response operation. Medically there is no drug that the door of the hernia was close to surgery to close the only option.

Hopefully this article can help a little to understand about the hernia inguinal hernia, while others do it for that we are in a separate article.

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