Autumn is here, and so is the peak season for travel. Many people take advantage of this unseasonably hot weather to take their families out for a trip with the old and the young. Little do we know that there is a disease that is highly prevalent in both the elderly and children, and that is inguinal hernia. From time to time, people call, “Doctor, I’m taking my dad on a trip next week, but he has a hernia, so I don’t think it will be a big deal, right?” And even more: “Doctor, I took my child to such and such a place to play and his hernia is protruding and he can’t get back, it hurts so much, what should I do?” First, let’s understand inguinal hernia: Hernia, commonly known as “small intestine gas”, refers to a defect in the abdominal wall of the human body for various reasons, and the tissue or organ in the abdominal cavity protrudes into the abdominal cavity. The groin is the most frequent site of hernia in the body, accounting for more than 90% of the incidence of ventral hernias. There are two types of inguinal hernias: inguinal hernia and inguinal hernia. The former hernias protrude through the internal ring, travel through the inguinal canal, and travel obliquely inward and downward to cross the external inguinal ring and enter the scrotum. The latter hernias protrude directly through the inguinal triangle and do not pass through the internal ring or inguinal canal, nor do they enter the scrotum. Inguinal hernias are predominantly male, with a male to female incidence ratio of approximately 15:1. The typical clinical presentation of an inguinal hernia is the appearance of a soft mass in the inguinal region, often in the morning when waking up and moving, defecating, working or when a small child is crying, and disappearing at night when sleeping and lying down. Abdominal wall defect seen laparoscopically Most patients usually have no special discomfort except for a lump protruding from the inguinal region, therefore, many of them eat what they should eat, work what they should work, and even eat, drink, and play without concern. However, inguinal hernia has a complication that is “not painful, but painful” – intussusception. What is an “incarcerated hernia”? Let’s take a look at the following picture: stuck finger The principle of an incarcerated hernia is similar.