Today we had a new patient!Yay!.And that was just relieving.Today we were assigned to examine a male patient who came with swellings in his inguinal area.He was diagnosed to have inguinal hernia.
Hernia is abnormal protrusion of the abdominal content through a weak point in the body.The commonest hernia is inguinal hernia.Inguinal hernia are sometimes painless and can also be painful.The swelling in the inguinal region usually gradually increase in size.
Hernia is always associated with people who had to carry heavy things,chronic constipation,obstructive uropathy(obstruction of urinary tract),chronic cough and obesity.
There are some ways we can prevent hernia like doing sit ups and repetitive light exercises.This strengthen your muscles and tendons and the ligaments.And also the patient is adviced to stop smoking if he is a smoker because smoking cause the chronic cough and also causes collagen deficiency and this laxes the ligaments and precipitate hernia.
Some males may not know that they are actually having hernia when they see that the scrotum is enlarged.They may think that it's due to increased manliness instead it is not.
Treatment for hernia is only by surgery.And if you think you or your family member has one now,it's time to go for a check up :)
I'm getting tired now.Maybe cos i'm just feeling lazy.Oh and I have to keep reminding myself that I have my exam 7 days from now!And today I'm going to acompany my friend to go see a doctor cos her cervical lymph node is enlarged!I hope she is fine.After learning all the diseases in the world we get very scared even to see another doctor :(
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