How do you know if you have a hernia?

I have been told this is a result of a "Hiatal Hernia attack", but not sure so will spell out what happens: Let's say you sit down to eat, and take a few drinks of someting (sweet tea, coke, etc). Then someone brings you your food such as a...

About two weeks ago I noticed a small red bump on my lower stomach. I thought it might just be a pimple in a weird spot. I then went on vacation and noticed it was not going away but getting bigger. I came home and It looks really dried out now and still...

I was deadlifting, and when I stood up I accidentally pushed out my stomach a little bit, and I felt a sharp pain in my stomach area, I immediately tightened up and stopped. The pain was like 2 or 3 inches to the left of my belly button. It feels normal...

i have blood in my poop and i have diarrhea constantly. is it a hernia or something else?

Ok, so today my left testicle has been painful, and when i walk it hurts. Is it a Hernia, or is it dropping.

i have a slight bulge on top of my penis and everytime i massage it i got a liitle pain out of it my mom always told me if you have hernia your testicles are uneven so far mine is still leveled any advice would do im 24 yrs old i play basketball a lot...

OK so here's the deal...for over 2 months now my right testicle has been hurting. It's bearable, but it is constantly hurting. I went to emerg and of course at that moment it wasn't hurting, but the doctor said I had a sprain and gave me a prescription...

i was doing some push ups and when i was done my stomach felt kinda weird i hope its all in my head kinda freaking out here. do you get pain right away if you do have a hernia? thanks

I know its been discussed about before.. but I was also wondering when you go to the doctor, how will they examine you? Will you have to take x-rays or are they gonna be poking n ...show more