New Delhi, April 30 -- One minute it is just discomfort and the next, it is a life-threatening hernia where your gut might be crying for help as the hernia symptoms could be fatal. One can suffer from a hernia due to an enlarged prostate, obesity, abdominal fluid, lifting heavy weights, constant coughing, straining during urinating, constipation and exertion.

You may be at the risk of getting a hernia due to old age, smoking, pregnancy, low birth weight and constipation. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Aparna Govil Bhasker (Consultant Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgeon at MetaHeal - Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery Center in Mumbai and Saifee, Apollo and Namaha Hospitals in Mumbai), talked about the advanced techniques for hernia ...