What Are The Symptoms Of Hiatus Hernia?

Posted on Sun, 6 Mar 2016

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Question : What are h syntoms of hiatal hernia

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
As detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit short and specific.
The symptoms of Hiatus Hernia are:
- By far, the commonest symptom is burning sensation, fullness in the chest.
- Belching, eructations due to easy passage of gases from stomach to the esophagus
- Pain behind sternum (chest), upper abdomen.
- Difficulty in swallowing in later stages.
- The pain can get worse on on bending down.
- Occasional bleeding causing hemetemis and black stools.
- Associated symptoms of stress and anxiety caused by persistent problems, long treatment, recurrence of symptoms and so on.

I hope this answer helps you, please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you feel that there is a gap of communication.

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