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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HERNIA

NON-MODIFIABLE FACTORS MODIFIABLE FACTORS


AGE HEAVY LIFTING
SEX
EXCESSIVE COUGH &
FAMILY HISTORY OF HERNIA
SNEEZING
STRESSNOUS ACTIVITIES

INCREASED PRESSURE IN THE COMPARTMENT OF THE ABDOMEN IS


DEVELOPED

INTRA-ABDOMINAL WALL OF INGUINAL CANAL


INTO THE SCROTUM BECOMES WEAKEND

FAT OR PART OF THE SMALL


INTESTINE
PREVENTING SLIDE RING
INGUINAL THROUGH THE CLOSING
FROM
INGUINAL CANAL

SWOLLEN OR ENLARGED
SCROTUM

PAIN OR DISCOMFORT IN HEAVY OR DRAGGING


THE BULGE SENSATION

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