hernia
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She called a neighbor, who took him to the hospital for emergency hernia surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
When hospitalized in May, he was initially treated for a hernia, and later for chronic bronchopulmonary disease and heart problems.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
"But the main reason I do it now is because there's so many people that have got a hernia, that are kind of ashamed of it," she said.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
"Anybody is susceptible to getting a hernia," she said.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
“Hey, drop the old lady. You want to get a hernia or something?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Minute herniae at these openings are sometimes present.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.
Eisenberger, who is married with two children, had a pair of hernias and put off surgery as long as he could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The data, shared with the BBC's Disclosure programme, shows the patients suffered from a range of symptoms including severe malnutrition, vomiting, sepsis, hernias and haemorrhaging.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
Doctors not linked to the pope’s care said hernias were a known complication after previous operations and typically only become problematic when patients develop a bulge in their abdomen and experience significant pain.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Such hernias can occur frequently after abdominal surgery, though other factors like age and weight can increase the likelihood of their development.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
He could come through other people’s tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
