Your abdominal muscles keep your organs and intestines in place. The protrusion of abdominal organs through a weak spot in the abdominal wall is called a hernia. Ventral hernias involve the front part ...

A hiatal hernia is a common medical condition where a portion of the upper stomach pushes through a hiatus, or opening, in the diaphragm muscle and into the chest. While it’s most common in older ...

A hernia is defined as any protrusion of a structure through an area of weakness or disruption of the tissues of the body wall that contains it. Most often the hernias are present in the groin area ...

I also have an umbilical hernia. The coughing is making that worse, but at least it doesn't hurt. I think they won't be able to fix it until the cough is completely gone, c.f. "terrific ab workout".