This INTERACTIVE page will allow you to see the kind of hernia you might have.

Try it...

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To use this section...
 
  1. Place your cursor on this handsome fellow* at the place you suspect you have the hernia. It will tell you the name of hernias at that location.

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  2. For information on that kind of hernia, simply click the mouse button and it will take you there automatically.

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    * Women/girls also suffer from all these types, except one
     
     

    Incisional and Recurrent hernias can occur anywhere, so for those, and other kinds of hernia select from below...
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