In early 2018, Karen A. DiBernardo White noticed a growth about the size of a golf ball that was just below her belly button, on her left side. Within months, the protrusion grew to the size of an ...

The term hernia refers to a defect in the muscle or connective tissue layer of the abdominal wall that allows part of an internal organ, such as the intestine or fat, to push through, usually forming ...

When you do a sit-up and/or contract your abdominal muscles do you have a bulge above your belly button? It can even be present just standing or sitting. And this is not the belly fat I am talking ...

Everyone would love an eight pack abdomen, but for some it may remain just a dream. Their abdominal wall has unsightly bulges and protuberances, which may be a well rounded paunch or even hernia. Some ...

Umbilical hernia repair surgery is a procedure that fixes umbilical hernias. An umbilical hernia involves a bulge or pouch that forms in the abdomen. This type of bulge occurs when a section of the ...

Q: I have noticed a strange pain in my belly button recently. It doesn’t bother me most of the time but sometimes I get a sharp pain. If I push on it, I also get the pain. What could it be? Dr Grant ...

A hiatal hernia is when your stomach bulges up into your chest through an opening in your diaphragm, the muscle that separates the two areas. This opening is called the hiatus, so this condition is ...

A hernia occurs when an organ or part of it protrudes through a gap in the muscle wall. Its name originates from the Latin "hernia," meaning "bulge," and the Greek "rupture." While many people with ...

About a year after Kari Horn delivered her first child via an emergency C-section, a golf ball-size bulge just above her belly button started causing her some serious discomfort. "I could take a ...