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    Coping with HIATUS HERNIA

    Mar 23, 2022 3 minutes

    The diaphragm is a thin sheet of muscle, dividing your chest and abdomen. There’s normally a small space where the oesophagus (the tube between the mouth and stomach) goes down, but if this enlarges, it allows the stomach to be pushed up, and this is a hiatus hernia. It may not produce direct symptoms, but it can cause the stomach acid to reflux up into the oesophagus (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, GORD) if the valve at the bottom of the oesophagus is faulty.

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