when i cough or bend over i feel like i av something trapped in my stomach and its pushing into my ribs?? hern

Answer 1

Hi Donna,

I first started to get this 4 weeks ago and i ended up going to the emergency dept at the hospital because it got worse and the doctors was closed and i panicked.

They thought it was my appendix - so took it out as an emergency.

When i woke up i still had it and a new scar to add to it .

Trouble is i now have another one under the appendix scar.

My partner and family think both are hernias.
My father in law had one in the same place as the higher one of mine and he thinks that what it is.

I went to the doctors and she asked for me to be seen quickly by the hospital and they have sent me an appointment for March.

Have been waiting two weeks so far and both lumps still there.

I do move heavy furniture and carry far too much weight for my size and i did not rest after my operation so it would add up - have you been overdoing things - if so it could well be a possibility.

I was told hernias (small ones) do heal themselves and are not generally painfull to touch but they get in the way if you bend over etc. That would add up with me how about you.

I still think you should see someone asap though just to make sure.

By the way, you are drinking alot of water arent you and are not constipated ? Thats the first thing they want to know at the hospital and also when they xray your stomach if you are full of " poo" so to speak, it does show up - i had not been to toilet for 8 days before my op - so that blinded them a bit and im sure thats why they never did find the real problem. Trouble is that is normal for me and always has been but just because it wasnt normal to them they gave me an enema - which did nothing!

Sorry, going on a bit here.

Mine hurt the most when coughing and because it hurt when they pushed around my belly button and then released their hand they presumed it was my appendix.

Anyway, go to your docs tomorrow, best to get checked properly as if it is a large size hernia - they do have to be repaired. This is quite a simple of and i believe they cant do it through keyhole surgery now using netting to pull things back together. Thats what im hoping they will do for me in March.

Hope i may of been of some help here.

Elly x

Answer 2

It could be a kind of hiatus hernia, which is not like the sort of hernia you get from lifting heavy weights, but rather part of the stomach protruding up through the diaphragm and pressing on your ribcage/lungs. A chest X-ray or barium meal would show that up. With or without a hiatus hernia, you could have some reflux of acid into your gullet (oesophagus) when you bend over or lie down. Gaviscon might help - you can get it over the counter now at the chemists here in UK, also propping yourself up with extra pillows in bed.

Answer 3

I've had pains like this after having my two children by section.(my eldest is 9)It only seems to be now and again that it happens but the majority of times it has been triggered by bending over.I'm not sure what's causing it either or what it is...but for the past 9 years and the foreseeable future,ignorance is bliss to me hehe the pain is horrific at the time but the thought of surgery is even worse!Sorry if this is not of much help to you,just wondered if perhaps it was down to any op you may have had in the past.Hope you're feeling better soon anyway and not as much of a woos as me!Take care :o)

Answer 4

I did that shlt when I was a kid also dono if I took 60 but did the robo trip thing, I really have to say MR RIB is right its your liver screeming 4 help throw up youll still be f up after drink much water and I wouldnt go 2 bed 2 early med attention isnt a bad idea dont do this again, please

Answer 5

is this all the time or just sometimes? prob should give more info. I get this sometimes and it's agonising but it's just wind! standing up straight and taking deep breaths clears it, a good belch!