Despite the scene in Friends where Joey develops an agonizing hernia, not all hernias are painful. A hiatal hernia, which affects 50 percent of adults over age 50, won’t often directly cause pain. But ...

A hernia occurs when an internal organ or other body part protrudes through the wall of muscle or tissue that typically contains it. In some cases, this protrusion can be seen or felt from the outside ...

You’re eating a quick lunch and you get a weird sensation — you feel not only nauseated but also like something is stuck in the middle of your chest. You could chalk it up to eating too fast, but if ...

Stomach pain and nausea often occur together. Typically, these two symptoms are a sign of indigestion or food poisoning, which should resolve with time. If nausea and stomach pain linger for more than ...

There are numerous possible causes of a lump or mass in the stomach. A person may be able to feel the mass, or it might only be detectable with imaging or other diagnostic tests. In this article, we ...