The stomach slips upward through the normal opening in the diaphragm and passes into the chest it is often associated with acid reflux, or "gastroesophageal reflux disease" (gerd), which causes heartburn symptoms most hernias cause a bulge under the skin (except hiatus hernias) the location of this bulge depends on the specific type of hernia. Ventral hernia acid reflux. This condition is responsible for weakening the lower esophageal sphincter, thus resulting in acid reflux there are two main types of this hernia- sliding hiatal hernia and para-esophageal hernia although, acid reflux is often associated with sliding hernia, it may be caused by para-esophageal hernia too.
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