Symptoms of inguinal hernia in the elderly are mainly a reproducible mass in the inguinal area, which mostly appears in the standing position and disappears in the lying position, and a few may have symptoms of abdominal distension, abdominal pain and discomfort. Elderly people, because of the weakening of the abdominal wall muscles, the presence of long-term constipation, chronic cough and other diseases, initially appeared in the inguinal region of the reproducible mass, the mass is smaller in size and softer. The mass is small and soft. It may protrude in the standing position or when the pressure on the abdomen becomes greater, while the mass may disappear in the lying position. Most of the patients do not have discomfort, but a few patients may have discomfort in the groin, or even abdominal pain, abdominal distension and other manifestations. Most of the patients will not be embedded in the early stage, a very small number of patients in the early stage of embeddedness can be obvious pain, if the intestinal tube is embedded, abdominal pain, abdominal distension and intestinal obstruction performance. It is recommended that patients seek timely medical treatment and complete all auxiliary examinations in order to clarify the condition and give appropriate treatment by professional physicians to avoid delaying the condition.