Can hernia be treated without surgery?

Generally speaking, after people are diagnosed with hernia, they will cure it through surgery. So, is it possible to treat hernia without surgery? The following article will introduce it to you.

Can a hernia be treated without surgery?

Hernia occurs when an organ or tissue in the abdominal cavity leaves its original location and enters another location through normal or abnormal weak points, defects, or gaps in the body. It's like there's a hole in your shoe and your toes are showing. The socks are called "hernia sacs" and the holes in the shoes are called "hernia rings".

If hernia is not treated in time, it will cause certain harm to the human body. In mild cases, it causes local distension and pain, affecting the quality of life; in severe cases, when the small intestine protrudes from the hernia ring and gets stuck and cannot return to the abdominal cavity, it may be accompanied by severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, abdominal distension and other symptoms. If not treated promptly, the protruding small intestine will become tighter and tighter due to swelling, and eventually necrosis will occur due to ischemia. Worse cases may cause sepsis, which is life-threatening. The only way to cure hernia and prevent the occurrence of incarcerated hernia is surgery.

How to treat it?

1. Bag method: Put the moxa into a cloth bag, cover the scrotum with the bag, and change it every half a month. Always observe the activity of the lump. If severe pain occurs, do not just self-treat, but go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

2. Surgical treatment: There are three types of surgical treatment: hernia repair, hernia patch repair, and hernia laparoscopic repair:

Hernia repair: Repair of the hernia by suturing the tissue around the defect.

Hernia patch repair: Repair of the hernia ring by covering the defect with a patch material.

Laparoscopic hernia repair: hernia repair is done through laparoscope.

3. Ring-filled tension-free herniorrhaphy: This is a double reinforcement method designed entirely for the mechanism of hernia occurrence. It uses the monofilament polypropylene material Bard patch that has been used clinically for nearly 40 years. This surgical method was quickly accepted by doctors around the world.

4. Self-treatment: Use appropriate amount of cloves, grind them into powder, sprinkle them on the unicorn plaster, and apply them to the affected area. Grind 30 grams of oyster into powder and mix it with egg white to make a paste. Before going to bed every night, first push the hernia back with your hands, and then apply the paste to the scrotum on the affected side. Do this once a day for 3 consecutive nights. Take 9 grams each of Polygonatum sibiricum and Platycodon grandiflorum, add 2 grams of camphor into the above medicines, soak in wine for half an hour, take out and mash into paste, apply to Qihai acupoint. Qihai Point: Located 1.5 inches below the navel.