Hiatal Hernia - Medicine

Hiatal hernia is undoubtedly one of the pathologies that are most associated with gastroesophageal reflux, in which the person tends to regurgitate the ingested food.

Why does this happen?

 The most common reason, or understanding it from the medical aspect, is that a hernia is known as a displacement of a vice or organ out of place, and in this case, the esophageal hiatus is where the pillars that make up the esophageal hiatus converge, where it is also located, the lower esophageal sphincter, that in its correct operation, once the food enters the stomach, it does not come back.

 In this pathology of hiatus hernia, it has 4 types, usually type one, it is known as displacement hernia, the gastric fundus, or gastroesophageal junction to be more precise, slides through the hiatus and protrudes and in this way part of the stomach It filters through the diaphragm, remaining inside the thoracic cavity, and when the lower esophageal sphincter is dilated or slightly contracted, the food returns to the mouth "regurgitation".

The cardinal symptoms of this disease are heartburn "stomach burning" and "Regurgitation as they had already been named"