If your hernia isn’t painful, you don’t need surgery
If you have a hernia in your groin, your doctor will likely schedule outpatient surgery to fix it, but a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association says IF YOUR HERNIA ISN’T PAINFUL, YOU DON’T NEED SURGERY.
In the study, 720 men with groin hernias were randomly assigned either to have their hernias repaired or to do nothing except see their doctors periodically for checkups. During the 5-year study, about 23 percent of men in the “watchful waiting” group opted for surgery because they developed symptoms, but only two men had severe hernia problems. Pain levels for those who had surgery and those who didn’t were similar.
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