| n foods aggravate the condition while others do not, | | | | may suggest a different one. Sometimes the medicinal |
| then simple avoidance of those foods is an easy way | | | | approach is advantageous because permits the |
| of avoiding discomfort. Eating a heavy meal and | | | | patient to avoid the symptoms without too much |
| promptly go and bend over digging the garden is not | | | | inconvenience. |
| sensible if it is known to cause problems. | | | | Even if the operation of hiatus hernia is possible, |
| The symptoms may be adjust to the timing and | | | | non-surgical remedies are preferable. It is perfectly |
| choices of these activities. For some patients, even | | | | possible to end the problem once-and-for-all by an |
| drinking a glass of water before lying down can cause | | | | operation which tightens the hiatus area in order to |
| hours of discomfort. The idea is to avoid eating or | | | | keep the stomach in its correct place, below the |
| drinking for an appropriate amount of time before lying | | | | diaphragm and which reinstates the narrowing of the |
| down. | | | | opening into the stomach, thus preventing the reflux |
| There are certain adjustments one can make to one's | | | | and other symptoms. The procedure is made through |
| bed in order to change the angle. This reduces the | | | | an incision in the abdomen. The patient stays in the |
| occurrences of reflux. Medical or surgical intervention | | | | hospital for three or four days and there follows a |
| or altogether is able to live with the condition without | | | | recuperation period of about a week. |
| suffering the symptoms. It is difficult to find a "lifestyle" | | | | Almost all patients are able to get back to normal |
| that deals with the symptoms and that sometimes | | | | routine without any symptoms of hiatus hernia. The |
| causes intolerable inconvenience. | | | | following steps before the operation are: confirmation |
| Different medicines are available to deal with the | | | | of the correct diagnosis by the means described |
| symptoms of hiatus hernia. They are normally of an | | | | above and the reassurance that the patient has tried |
| antacid type and some work better on certain patients | | | | the alternative methods of lifestyle and medicine. |
| and others better on other patients. A doctor should | | | | Patients are generally treated by surgery and also |
| suggest one or other type and if that does not help he | | | | other available medications. |