hernia
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McVay said Nacua does not have a hernia, and that the team’s training and medical staff did not feel the issue was “any type of long term threat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
He had hernia surgery in July and spent six weeks recovering and still believes he should be able to contribute on the field as a freshman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
She called a neighbor, who took him to the hospital for emergency hernia surgery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
In March 2024, he underwent hernia surgery, before having the operation on his enlarged prostate in December of the same year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
No one had ever tested us for hernia or color blindness.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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Minute herniae at these openings are sometimes present.
From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance
Eisenberger, who is married with two children, had a pair of hernias and put off surgery as long as he could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The data, shared with the BBC's Disclosure programme, shows the patients suffered from a range of symptoms including severe malnutrition, vomiting, sepsis, hernias and haemorrhaging.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
Doctors not linked to the pope’s care said hernias were a known complication after previous operations and typically only become problematic when patients develop a bulge in their abdomen and experience significant pain.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
The hernias can also cause blockages, which can result in abdominal pain, and if they are not treated, they can block the intestine completely.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
He could come through other people’s tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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