What causes a hernia in the elderly

The presence of a hernia in the elderly is usually due to elevated abdominal pressure. The factors that cause elevated abdominal pressure include activity factors, tissue loss, personal history, constipation and prostate disease, etc., as follows: 1. Activity factors: it can be prolonged standing, prolonged sitting, or heavy physical work. 2. Tissue loss: the abdominal wall itself is defective. 3. Personal history: such as a history of smoking or being thin, etc. 4. Constipation: poor bowel movement, such as having hemorrhoids, longer bowel movement, and the need to use more force when defecating. 5. 5. Prostate disease: the urinary solution is not smooth, or prostate enlargement and other reasons, when urinating, the abdominal cavity needs to use more pressure to make part of the urine discharge. These are all predisposing factors that lead to the occurrence of hernia. If the clinical diagnosis of inguinal hernia has been clearly confirmed, it is recommended to visit the general surgery department at an optional date and consider surgical treatment, because there is no medicine or food that can cure it, and the undesirable result is that it may cause hernia impaction, and in severe cases, intestinal obstruction and intestinal strangulation necrosis can occur.