When your stomach starts to protrude you start to wonder what is wrong. You could possibly have troubles breathing or even have a difficult time swallowing. It could possibly be a hiatal hernia.
Causes of a Hiatal Hernia
A hiatal hernia develops when a fragile muscle tissue permits your stomach to swell through your diaphragm. Your stomach will feel pressure. There are numerous reasons why you could develop a hiatal hernia. An individual could have received an injury to that particular area. When an individual was born they could have a larger hiatus.
Another could be when pressure is placed on the muscles which surround the area. This could occur when an individual is coughing, straining to have a bowel movement, vomiting, or even lifting heavy objects. Some other causes could be the way you sit. If you slouch when you are seated this could attribute to a hiatal hernia. It could be from obesity. This is because of an individual having excessive body weight.
Symptoms of Hiatal Hernia
There are two different types of hiatal hernia. There is either a sliding or para esophageal. A sliding hiatal hernia is the more common one. This is where part of the stomach will bulge into the chest. This is affected during swallowing. A para-esophageal hernia is not affected by swallowing. You will find that with a gastro-esophageal junction will stay where it normally belongs with a para-esophageal hernia. If an individual has a small hiatal hernia they won’t have any symptoms.
Some of the symptoms could be heartburn, fatigue, a difficulty in swallowing, belching, coughing, chest pain or possibly pressure, and pain. The difficulty in swallowing would be because the part of the individual’s stomach is protruding. The chest pain would be a dull achy pain. There are some that have experienced a sharper pain. The reason is because the muscle tissue has weakened. You could also experience a difficulty in breathing. Your chest would feel tight. You could also experience nausea or even a change in your appetite. If an individual has a very large hernia then they could find it very difficult or even painful to swallow any type of food.
When you are experiencing stomach problems it is no fun. If your chest is giving you a dull achy pain you may think that you are having a heart attack. Look for any other signs that it could possibly be a hiatal hernia.
