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I have had trapped gas for 3 days followed by constipation and a lot of pain . i have had hernias in the past and wanted to know if its come back?
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See your doctor: The symptoms may be bowel obstruction even without a hernia and if the bulge is back or tender then this can be an emergency.
Answered 2/9/2013
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See your doctor: The best way to determine whether or not your hernia has come back is to see the surgeon that performed the hernia repair.
Answered 3/16/2013
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