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Hiatal Hernia

Hiatal Hernia | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?

A person with a hiatal hernia often has no symptoms, and the hernia may be found only during a test called an upper GI series. When symptoms do occur they can include:

heartburn

painful swallowing

burping

feeling like food is stuck in the throat

feeling of fullness in the chest

chest pain

blood in the stools

severe pain from constriction of the stomach or esophagus

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Author: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
Reviewer: Melissa Sanders, PharmD
Date Reviewed: 09/25/00

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