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Diagnosed with an umbilical hernia. only painful to the touch. seeing doc tomorrow. is it ok to have a glass of wine tonight? or will that effect it?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Glass of wine: tonight is not likely to effect your physical examination of the hernia tomorrow.

Dr A Freisleben-Cook and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/29/2016

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