Hiatal hernia’s common symptoms are heartburn and acid reflux. Dr. Choi talks about its causes or if it’s something you can avoid. Larger hernias can cause lasting symptoms which often require a surgery called Hiatal Hernia Repair.

Dr. Michael P. Choi is a board-certified surgeon, specializing in a variety of bariatric surgery procedures. He is credentialed at Broward Health Imperial, Broward Health Medical, and Broward Health North, currently a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, and licensed to practice medicine in the state of Florida, New York, and California.

How to Avoid Hiatal Hernia?

There are some questions that they’ve asked us on the internet, and one of them has been, how do you avoid hiatal hernia? Well, it’s kind of funny; it’s not that hard to avoid it, it’s because you’re born with it. Congenitally, there’s a weakness at the site where the esophagus enters into the stomach and so therefore, you can’t prevent it. This is something that you are born with.

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