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Is It Possible To Have 3 Separate Abdominal Hernias?

Posted on Sat, 7 Mar 2015

Question: Is it possible to have 3 seperste adominal hernias, one is a large port site at top of stomach..one close to belly button and new pea sized lump under skin causing pain on lower left side of stomach

Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It is possible

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome to HealthcareMagic .

Yes it is possible to have multiple or 3 hernias through the abdomen .

The cause could be many precipitating factors like constipation , cough etc or previous surgery.

They needs to be corrected surgically.

Hope I have answered your query. If any further queries are there I would love to help.

Regards
Dr Deepika Patil

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Deepika Patil (14 minutes later)

Would a hernia cause a pea size hard lump that would be painful and also painful to the touch. I can feel the lump under my skin. I do have IBS with chronic constipation

Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes it may cause

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Yes it is possible to have a small hernia with pain has you described.

This usually happen when only fat is herniated and the opening of defect is narrow leading to pain.

Hope I have answered your query. If any further queries are there I would love to help.

Regards
Dr Deepika Patil

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju