THIS MONTH
✢ Hiatus hernia
✢ Oral thrush
✢ Bumpy skin
Q In recent months, I’ve had terrible heartburn and a burning sensation in the chest. Initially, I put it down to poor diet and weight gain. When I eventually went to see my GP, they said I might have a hiatus hernia, but I always thought hernias were in the groin! I’m now on anti-acid pills and due to have a special type of X-ray. Does this sound right?
Hiatus hernias occur when part of the stomach squeezes up through a hole in the diaphragm – the muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen. So, it’s like a groin hernia, but in a different location. As a result, stomach acid