Word: hernia
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...exposures showed what the doctors had been looking for. At the hiatus, where the esophagus (gullet) passes through the muscular diaphragm from the chest cavity into the abdominal cavity (see diagram), the muscle was weak and part of the upper stomach had herniated or bulged through it. How the hernia started, they could not tell (it might have been there in milder form since birth), but there was no doubt that it was the cause of much of the Pope's recent gastritis, hiccuping and vomiting. The hernia held food like a pouch, instead of letting it pass straight...
...doubly sure, the doctors insisted on more X-rays late in the afternoon, when the barium had traveled to the lower intestine. But they found nothing more-certainly no sign of the malignancy they had feared. Then the question was what to do about the hernia. Operate soon to remove the hernia, advised the Pope's new doctors, Gastroenterologist Antonio Gasbarrini and Surgeon Raffaele Paolucci di Valmaggiore. No, said Chief Papal Physician Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, the Pope is too old (nearing 79) and not strong enough, and he would be too upset by the inability to carry...
...after a few months, the youngster still has a pronounced bulge around the navel, most parents get panicked about what the doctor calls umbilical hernia. It is customary then to strap the navel with adhesive, and in many cases surgery is advised. Needless, said Dr. Lawson. Even the bandages often cause skin irritation, and the vast majority of umbilical hernias disappear if left alone. Operations, he suggested, are unnecessary before the age of eight-and after that, they will be rare...
...HOSPITAL DAYS for each sickness or accident. But such policies, stated the complaint, usually do not pay expenses caused by a lengthy list of disabilities (nervous disorders, venereal disease, miscarriage, etc.). Nor are they apt to cover ailments occurring within six months of the policy date (hernia, tuberculosis, heart disease...
...Happy Time. In Milwaukee, Fred De Vorse Sr., asking a divorce from his wife Phyllis, testified that she had 1) kicked him so hard that she caused a hernia, 2) crashed a shovel into the rear of his car, "bruising" window glass and denting the luggage compartment, 3) used "vile and abusive" language...