Hernia treatment for the elderly

        Patient: Description of condition (onset, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.): The patient is male, 90 years old, suffering from hernia for more than 5 years, with unbearable pain at the onset. He has been taking tuberculosis pills and using hernia belts, which worked at first, but not anymore. Is there any medicine that can suppress it or can it be treated surgically?       Zhu Yilin, Department of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital: Hello, the only safe and effective way to cure adults with hernia is to have surgery.