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I seem to have gotten a small hernia during a coughing ...

Sent to Health Experts July 07, 2006 1:50 p.m.

I seem to have gotten a small hernia during a coughing bout. I don't really know what kind of hernia. A knot is above the belly button, gets bigger after eating, gets smaller. Does it really have to be surgically fixed or will some kind of exercising help?

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July 07, 2006 2:43 p.m. (52 minutes and 52 seconds later)

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