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