Hiatal Hernias

Surgery is rarely if ever done on hiatal hernia patients any longer. Thank goodness for ending this ineffective, dangerous, and costly procedure. Too bad for the tens of thousands who wasted their money and possibly had permanent diaphragm and stomach injuries.

Hiatal hernia simply means that part of the stomach is pushed up through the diaphragm into the chest cavity. Most physicians say the ‘only’ symptoms come from acid being squirted up into the esophagus. This is truly one symptom, but not the only one.

The usual treatment is antacids because of the false belief it is just acid being squirted up into the esophagus.

This treatment leaves the patient with little real relief from hiatal hernia, completely ignoring the underlying cause of the problem and leaves the patient ill from not absorbing food and nutrients correctly (stomach acid is used to help digest and absorb food).

Cause and Treatment
In fact, the most common cause of hiatal hernias is insufficient stomach acid. As in not enough. With a lack of adequate stomach acid, food ferments, producing acids and gasses. These gasses want to rise and therefore constantly push the stomach up into the chest cavity. Burping, belching, heart symptoms, heartburn, and all the rest can result. Eventually the muscular opening that keeps the stomach down weakens and allows the gasses and part of the stomach to rise into the chest. So the real first line of treatment is to increase stomach acid by taking a product like Zypan by standard process.

The next most common cause of hiatal hernias is a strain or injury. This can be from a fall or even coughing. When this happens, nothing short of using a pressure technique to pull the stomach down and strengthen the diaphragm will provide any real cure.

We can help do this in the office.