 [ Symptoms ] 31 yr male 62 250lbs abdominal pain after eating on right side front and back vomiting nausea gas bloating cramps weight gain in the excess of 50+ pound unintentionally vomiting constipation diarrhea severe gas acid reflux even while on medication symptoms get worse with eating and drinking feeling of bloated fullness with loss of appetite and lethargy i believe my husband is exhibiting symptoms that involve either his liver or gallbladder possibly ibs but not sure current doctor does not feel the need to look into the issues over the counter meds have not helped just looking for some ideas [ Disease ] inguinal hernias typically flatten or disappear when they are pushed gently back into place or when you lie down over time hernias tend to increase in size as the abdominal muscle wall becomes weaker and more tissue bulges through if you can not push your hernia back into your belly it is incarcerated a hernia gets incarcerated when tissue moves into the sac of the hernia and fills it up this is not necessarily an emergency but if a loop of the intestine is trapped very tightly in the hernia the blood supply to that part of the intestine can be cut off  strangulated  causing tissue to die in a man if tissue is trapped the testicle and its blood vessels can also be damaged a strangulated hernia is a medical emergency that requires immediate surgery in adults a hernia that can be pushed back into the abdomen can be surgically repaired at a convenient time this is because incarceration is rare in adults a hernia that cannot be pushed back can be repaired when surgery is convenient unless you have increased pain redness of the overlying skin fever nausea and vomiting or abdominal bloating if any of these symptoms occur the hernia may need to be fixed sooner inguinal hernias can come back after surgical repair but in women it is rare for inguinal hernias to recur fertility is usually not affected by an inguinal hernia or hernia surgery but in males there is a chance that surgery or an incarcerated hernia can cause injury to the vas deferens the tube that carries sperm from the testicles to the urethra it is not yet known how often or to what degree this affects a man is ability to father a child in rare cases surgery or an incarcerated hernia may injure the blood vessels that supply one or both testicles with blood which may cause the affected testicle to shrink hernias in children infants or children with an inguinal hernia need to have surgery as soon as possible because of the increased risk that a part of the intestine will become trapped and blood supply will be cut off leading to tissue death incarceration when intestinal or abdominal tissue fills up the sac of a hernia occurs in about 2 or 3 out of 10 infants younger than 6 months who have hernias most incarcerated hernias occur before the infant is 1 year old 1 female infants face a higher risk of incarceration webmd medical reference from healthwise this information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor healthwise disclaims any liability for the decisions you make based on this information © 1995 2011 healthwise incorporated healthwise healthwise for every health decision and the healthwise logo are trademarks of healthwise incorporated