Most of us have heard of hernias, but we may not know much about them. Even less do we know what the difference is between a hiatal hernia and a straight hernia? Believe me when I say this, most non-healthcare professionals agree. A hernia is when an organ or tissue in the body leaves its normal anatomical position and enters another part of the body through a weakness, defect, or foramen that is either congenital or acquired. Some common hernias are umbilical hernia, straight inguinal hernia, hiatal hernia, incisional hernia, surgical recurrent hernia, white line hernia, and femoral hernia. Although there are many hernias, but we focus on the need to understand today is the difference between inguinal hernia, hiatal hernia, because inguinal hernia and straight hernia is a more common type of surgical disease, so to understand some. 1, inguinal hernia in the elderly, and frail and sick people more; inguinal hernia is not the crowd of the elderly, but children or middle-aged men. 2, hiatal hernia is protruding through the inguinal canal and can enter the scrotum, while the straight hernia is protruding through the rectus hernia triangle and does not enter the scrotum. 3, hiatal hernia is oval or pear-shaped, the upper part of the stiletto-shaped; straight hernia is hemispherical, the bottom is wider. 4, hiatal hernia back to the deep ring, increase intra-abdominal pressure hernia is no longer protruding; while a straight hernia presses the deep ring to increase intra-abdominal pressure, the hernia is still protruding. 5, hiatal hernia is prone to incarceration, while the chance of incarceration of straight hernia is less. 6, Hiatal hernia hernia sac neck in the lower abdominal wall artery lateral; hernia hernia sac neck in the lower abdominal wall artery medial. 7, hiatal hernia spermatic cord is behind the hernia sac; rectal hernia spermatic cord is in front of the hernia sac outside. These seven points are the difference between a hiatal hernia and a rectal hernia. It should also be clear that surgery is the best solution for either type of hernia. And during surgery, it can be further verified that if the hernia sac is located on the outside of the inferior epigastric artery it is a hiatal hernia and if it is located on the inside of the inferior epigastric artery it is a straight hernia.