What is a hernia? A hernia is when a part of the body’s tissue or organ leaves its original location and enters another part of the body through a gap, defect, or weak spot. It is commonly referred to as a “small bowel” hernia. The symptoms of hernia are mainly found in the inguinal area at the junction of the thigh and the abdomen, so the hernia that occurs in the inguinal area is called “inguinal hernia”. Hernia favorite “old man” said the cause of hernia is very common, such as coughing, sneezing, overexertion, abdominal fat, hard to defecate, urinary difficulties, women’s pregnancy, excessive crying, the strength of the abdominal wall in old age degenerative changes and other reasons, when the above situation when the human body’s abdominal cavity produces pressure leads to an increase in the intra-abdominal pressure, forcing the free organs in the abdominal cavity to be released, and then the body will not be able to move. The free organs in the abdominal cavity such as: small intestine, cecum, large omentum, bladder and other organs see holes to drill, through the body’s normal or abnormal weak points or defects, holes from the original part into another part – hernia through the gap in the abdominal wall migrated out of the abdominal cavity. Coughing and sneezing are very common actions, and someone can get a hernia for nothing. This shows that the appearance of hernia and personal constitution has a lot to do with, and some data show that older men are the most likely to hernia crowd. Hernia is very dangerous 1, hernia, the patient’s digestive system and bear the brunt of lower abdominal swelling, abdominal pain and other symptoms, the child can be due to hernia extrusion and affect the normal development of testicles; 2, extrusion or collision hernia capsule in the intestinal tube or omentum is prone to inflammatory swelling, which leads to hernia return to the difficult to hernia, resulting in hernia incarcerated hernia, as well as intestinal obstruction, intestinal necrosis, abdominal pain and other conditions. Suggestions 1, careful exercise: avoid lifting, pushing, or pulling heavy things; 2, quit smoking or less smoking: smokers cough may lead to hernia worsening, give up smoking can improve breathing, reduce coughing and coughing phlegm (Note: deep breathing can help ease chronic cough); 3, diet: eat less easy to cause constipation and abdominal flatulence of the food (especially hard-boiled eggs, sweet potatoes, peanuts, legumes, beer, carbonated beverages, etc.), and eat more high-fiber diet, including high fiber, including intestinal obstruction, bowel necrosis, abdominal pain. Eat a high-fiber diet, including grains, cereals, bran, and unprocessed fruits and vegetables; 4, drink more water: drink at least eight glasses of water a day can help relieve constipation; 5, reduce sneezing; 6, treatment of enlarged prostate gland and other diseases that cause difficulty in urination; 7, pay attention to protect the herniated part of the abdominal wall with your hands when coughing, urinating, defecating, to prevent viscera herniated out of the abdominal wall when the abdominal pressure rises.