SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: PARTY ARE PRETTY
COMMON MEDICAL CONDITION,
ABOUT 1 MILLION REPAIR
SURGERIES HAPPEN EACH YEAR AND
THAT DOESN’T COUNT THE PEOPLE
WHO CHOOSE JUST TO LIVE WITH
THEM ALREADY A BASICALLY
HAPPENS, WENT HER ORGANS PUSH
THROUGH WEAK SPOTS ARE HOLES
IN THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLE OR
TISSUE. THE BIG QUESTION IS
HOW SERIOUS IS THIS CONDITION.
40 ACRE AND HEALTH REPORTER
KIRSTIN O’CONNOR STANDING BY
NOW TO ASK A DOCTOR ASK A
DOCTOR IS SPONSORED BY CAN BE
PRIMARY CARE FOR SENIORS.
>> CANDACE: AND BECAUSE
THEY’RE SO COMMON HERNIAS, OF
COURSE IT CAN BE EASY TO
FORGET THAT IN SOME CASES THEY
CAN BE PRETTY SERIOUS. SO IT’S
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
SYMPTOMS.
>> JULIE: AT DOCTOR LUKE ELNES
HERE WITH ME, A GENERAL
SURGEON AT ORLANDO HEALTH
DOCTOR P PHILLIPS HOSPITAL.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING SOME TIME
OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> CANDACE: SO LET’S START OFF
BY TALKING ABOUT HOW COMMON
HURNEY HAS REALLY ARE. I THINK
PEOPLE HAVE THIS MISCONCEPTION
THAT. IT’S JUST SOMETHING THAT
YOU WOULD IDENTIFY AS A
TEENAGER OR SOMETHING DURING A
ROUTINE PHYSICAL. BUT AND THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE ALL
THE TIME.
>> JULIE: RIGHT. YOU KNOW, HER
NAME ACROSS ALL AGE GAPS
ACROSS BOTH GENDERS THEY
REALLY OCCUR. MUCH MORE
FREQUENTLY THAN PEOPLE REALIZE
BECAUSE NOT ALL HER KNEES ARE
SYMPTOMATIC, BUT THEY ALL CAN
BECOME SYMPTOMATIC. AND SO
IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOU
HAVE ONE, THEN UP TO 5 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE ACTUALLY LIVING
WITH A HERNIA CURRENTLY. WOW.
AND SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE
SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
LOOK OUT FOR.
>> WELL, I THINK THE MOST
COMMON SYMPTOM THAT REALIZES
WE MAY SEE A BULGE THAT WASN’T
THERE BEFORE. SOMETIMES IT’S
AROUND THE BELLY BUTTON.
SOMETIMES IT’S IN THE GROWING
THE 2 MOST COMMON AREAS TO
NOTICE THAT. BUT ANOTHER
SYMPTOM WOULD BE JUST A DULL
ACHE OR A PAIN. OR MAYBE IN IN
MORE EMERGENT SITUATIONS.
PEOPLE MAY NOTICE THAT THEY’RE
UNABLE TO HAVE A BOWEL
MOVEMENT OR START SEVERE PAIN
OR NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
>> AND SO FOR SOMEBODY WHO
STARTS TO THINK, OH, MAYBE
THIS IS WHAT I’M DEALING WHAT
DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU GO
AND YOU SEE A DOCTOR LIKE
YOURSELF AND YOU DO GET A
HERNIA IDENTIFIED.
>> WELL, THE FIRST THING THAT
WE’RE GOING TO DO IS WE’RE
GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO
PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT SYMPTOMS
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING BECAUSE
THAT’S IMPORTANT AND THEN WE
WILL DO THE EXAMINATION THAT
MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT WILL
EXAMINE THEIR BELLY BUTTON
WILL EXAMINE THE GROWING AND
AND TRY TO DETERMINE IF
THERE’S ANYTHING THAT’S
PROTRUDING INTO A SPACE THAT
IT SHOULDN’T BE. AND SO WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE RISK FACTORS.
I MEAN, I KNOW IT COULD BE YOU
URGENT.
>> IT COULD THE MAIN RISK
FACTORS ARE GOING TO BE, YOU
KNOW, THINGS THAT CAUSE YOU TO
STREAM. SO IF SOMEONE HAS A
CHRONIC COUGH OR IF SOMEBODY
IS IS DOING HEAVY LIFTING WITH
THEIR JOB OR OR MAYBE THEY
THEY HAVE A HERNIA WAS THERE
FROM BIRTH AND IS JUST GETTING
LARGER OVER TIME. BUT. REALLY
TRULY ANOTHER ONE OF THE MAIN
FACTORS WE’RE SEEING NOW IS
OBESITY REALLY DOES INCREASE
YOUR RISK OF HER KNEES BECAUSE
IT’S REALLY ANYTHING THAT
INCREASES THE PRESSURE WITHIN
YOUR ABDOMINAL CAVITY CAN
CALLS ARE GOING TO GET LARGER.
>> CANDACE: AND YOU SAID THAT
THIS SPANS ALL AGE RANGES. SO
CAN CHILDREN BE BORN WITH
THEM.
>> YES, UMBILICAL HERNIAS OR
ONE OF THE MORE COMMON HER
NEWS. THE CHILDREN ARE BORN
WITH AND MANY OF THOSE WILL
CLOSE BY THE TIME THEY REACH
THE AGE OF 5 OR SO BECAUSE
HERNANDEZ A LOT OF TIMES PER
TRUE TO SPACES THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THE
UMBILICAL CORD ATTACHES TO
YOUR BELLY BUTTON IN THE END.
THAT’S NEEDS TO HAVE A WHOLE
THERE FOR THE BLOOD VESSELS TO
PASS THROUGH. IF IT DOESN’T
CLOSE LIKE IT’S SUPPOSED TO.
THAT’S WHEN A HERNIA CAN
BECOME A PROBLEM. BUT ENGEL
HERNIAS CAN OCCUR IN CHILDREN
AS WELL.
>> AND YOU SAID THEIR WILL THE
LADIES AT THE DESK. SO THERE
ARE ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE ARE
DEALING WITH THIS AND THEIR
SURGERIES HAPPENING ALL THE
TIME OR THE SURGERIES COVERED
BY INSURANCE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. HERNIA SURGERY
ISN’T COVERED. IT IS COVERED
BY INSURANCE AND IT’S COVERED
IN BOTH ELECTIVE SETTING WHEN
IT’S NOT AN EMERGENCY AND THEN
ABSOLUTELY IN THE EMERGENCY
AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY’RE GETTING THE.
>> BRIDGETT: THE RIGHT SURGERY
AND THEY’RE DOING IT AT THE
RIGHT TIME. YOU WERE TALKING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT. WOMEN WHO
WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER
PREGNANCY.
>> WELL, DOES NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED IN THE ELECTIVE
SETTING AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS TO FIX
HERNIAS AND AND WHEN YOU HAVE
AN EMERGENCY FIX. IT CAN
SOMETIMES LIMIT OUR OPTIONS TO
A LESS THAN IDEAL REPAIR.
FEMALES WHO GET MANY TIMES
WILL NOTICE AN UMBILICAL
HERNIA AT THE BELLY BUTTON
THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A
DISCUSSION WITH THE PHYSICIAN
REGARDING THEIR PLANS FOR
FUTURE PREGNANCIES BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, IT DOES INCREASE
YOUR RISK OF A HERNIA COMING
BACK. IT ALSO INCREASES YOUR
RISK OF PAIN IF MEASURES USED
AS AS A PREGNANCY PROGRESSES
BECAUSE THE BELLY WALL DOES
EXPAND AS THE BABY GROWS. THE
MESSAGE DOES NOT. AND SO IS
THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD
CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR FUTURE
PREGNANCIES.
>> IT DOESN’T IT’S NOT
DANGEROUS AND CAN JUST CAUSE
IT TO BE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE
AND IN THE 3RD TRIMESTER, IT’S
PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU’RE
NOT. CAN I KNOW ALL ABOUT
THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DOCTOR. IT’S REALLY NICE TO