Changsha Evening News, February 28 (all media reporter Yang Weiran correspondent Zhong Chang Xiong Mingqin) 41-year-old Mr. Ling has been suffering from repeated acid reflux and heartburn in the past six months. Because he has chronic gastritis for more than 10 years, he mistakenly thought it was Stomach attack, every time I go to the pharmacy to buy some stomach medicine to take by myself. In the past two weeks, he felt that his symptoms became more and more serious, the pain was frequent, and he took stomach medicine and did not improve. According to the introduction, he came to Changsha No. 1 Hospital for gastrointestinal surgery. After gastroscopy, he was diagnosed with a hiatal hernia.
Yang Yunquan, chief physician and chief physician of gastrointestinal surgery, introduced that between the human chest cavity and the abdominal cavity, there is a thin layer of muscle called the diaphragm. The esophagus passes through the diaphragm into the abdominal cavity and connects with the stomach, and the esophagus passes through the diaphragm to form The hole is called an esophageal hiatus.
Under normal circumstances, this hole is just the right size to allow only the passage of the esophagus. When this small hole becomes larger or its elasticity is reduced for some reason, abdominal organs such as the stomach “slip” into the chest cavity through this enlarged hole, causing a series of discomfort. In medicine, a part of human tissue or organ that leaves its normal anatomical part and enters another part through a congenital or acquired weak point, defect or void is collectively referred to as “hernia”, and a hernia formed through an esophageal hiatus is called a hiatal hernia.
Esophageal hiatus is small in the early stage, generally has no obvious symptoms, and is difficult to detect. If you have long-term acid reflux, heartburn, foreign body sensation in the throat, esophageal obstruction, retrosternal pain, or even unexplained asthma, cough, hypoxia suffocation, etc., you should seek medical attention as soon as possible.
Congenital dysplasia, overeating, or increased abdominal pressure due to obesity are all factors that contribute to the formation of a hiatal hernia.