What is a hernia??
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Last updated: Nov 08, 2010
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What is a hernia??
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Jennifer Serafin, N.P. is a registered nurse and geriatric nurse practitioner at the Jewish Homes for the Aged in San Francisco.
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A hernia is an outpouching of your intestines that bulge through an opening in the abdominal muscles. They often look like a bump or lump under the skin of the abdomen. They are generally not a problem, unless they can become painful, which can occur if stool or gas gets stuck in the bulging loop. If this happens, they may need to be repaired surgically.
