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Second hernia
After several years in pain, numerous tests and specialists, I finally found an amazing surgeon for an inguinal hernia. It’s been 8 months. I’ve been training hard in the gym again and now having hernia like symptoms on the other side. My question- is it more probable to get another hernia on the other side? I’m so frustrated! I was doing so well!
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About 20% risk of hernia on the other side within a few years.
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I think that any studies that tried to determine that would be confounded by the unknown cause for the first hernia. In other words you couldn’t tell if the hernia repair caused the second one, or just the fact of the weak tissue that allowed the first one.
Could you give some details of the first surgery? Open, lap, mesh, no-mesh? It might be reasonable to assume that a mesh repair and its shrinkage would pull on the opposing side. Changing the stress distribution.
Probably doesn’t really matter though. If you have a second one you’re kind of back to where you started. At least you have found a surgeon that you like and trust. Good luck.
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