Healing a hiatal hernia

I am not a Doctor and I am not trying to give you medical advice. I am just a person who once suffered from Hiatal Hernia and GERD--now I don't! As far as I know there is no single cause of a Hiatal Hernia and there is no cure for a Hiatal Hernia except for surgery. You may read about doing all sorts of weird therapies ranging from drinking vinegar to eating strange vitamins or supplements but in my limited experience, surgery is the answer if it is recommenced by your doctor.

Like you, I was depressed at the thought of never being able to do this or that; never eating normally again; having to take medicine forever; having to give up sports and everything that I enjoyed, etc. But, my Hernia was bad enough that I went ahead with the surgery inspite of all the negative information that I received or had read on-line.

It is nonsense for anyone to make to make a generalized statement that you won't be able to do intensive exercise ever again. I had the surgery and a floppy Nissen Fundopliation one year and three months ago and I was back to playing tennis everyday, and doing anything that I want--heavy gardening, construction jobs around the house, etc. within just a few months. I followed my surgeons recommendations to the letter and since the operation I haven't had to take a single pill or other medication related to digestive problems. I likewise am able to eat absolutely everything I ever ate before the surgery and I play competitive tennis and other forms of exercise. Cheer up and follow your Doctor's advice and if possible get a second opinion about your options. God Bless you...

A hernia is a physical problem so supplements, food and drugs can do nothing to heal it.

Strenuous exercise also puts pressure on the abdomen so risks a re-herniation if its corrected itself, or making the hernia larger.

That said, I've never heard anyone ban strenuous activity because of a hiatus hernia, unless yours was incredibly large and your stomach was at risk of going completely into your chest.

There are some things you can do to help a hernia. First is to massage the stomach down. /www.youtube.com/watch?v=qofS1iVuwoQ

Second is to drink some warm water, then go on tip toes and come down hard onto your heals. This can pull your stomach down. I went from a large hiatus hernia to none/small by doing these tricks over a few months.

ConstatinRA:

Stress, excessive alcohol consumption, and overuse of ibuprofen products such as Advil, can be causes of gastritis. I'm not aware of any ways of healing a hiatal hernia, other than surgery. In fact, a lot of people have hernias that don't cause symptoms and never realize that they have one. Was your doctor a gastro specialist, and did he suggest any medication for the gastritis, ulcers or GERD? The first thing that you can do is to modify your diet (there are a ton of GERD diets), cut out the alcohol, and see if you get any relief. If you are still feeling bad, then you might want to get a second opinion.

Sharon