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Hiatal Hernia

  One of the common conditions I encounter among my patients is the hiatal hernia.  Patients often refer to it by the most common symptom it produces, reflux, or heartburn.  Both terms are descriptively correct.  Stomach contents flow backward up into the esophagus food tube from the mouth.  Since the stomach fluids are usually very […]

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Hiatal Hernia

One of the more common complaints my patients have is stomach issues.  Most everyone can relate to heartburn.  It feels like a sharp burning feeling right in the chest around the heart area.  Another feeling patients report is a lump in the throat, like a pill they swallowed got stuck halfway down.  Sometimes the report […]