When confronted by illness or an upcoming surgical course of action, patients and their families should have the advice to some very simple questions in a straightforward format without all the medical jargon. One of the most typical questions asked is 'what is a hernia?".

A hernia is a condition in which one piece of your body protrudes (sticks out) through another part of your body. More notably, a hernia is an unusual bulging out of an organ, a muscle or tissue through the area that normally retains that organ, muscle or tissue in place. The bulge is the hernia. A hernia can also be called a rupture.

A hernia develops around a tear or around a weak area in an organ, a muscle or tissue. A hernia can form deep inside your body so that you might not even be aware of it. Or a hernia can form under the skin, muscle and fatty layer closer to the outside of your body so that you notice a definite bulge.

Hernias can formulate in many sites of your body but occur most usually at certain sites in your lower torso, which tend to be weaker. These sites include the walls of your lower abdomen (stomach), your groin (the area where your stomach meets your thigh) and your umbilicus (navel or belly button).

Other queries include:

What actually is wrong with me?

How did this befall to me?

When will I get healthier?

Why do I need an operation?

How long do I have to stay in hospital?

What is my loved ones condition?

Will my loved one be different after the operation?

What can I do to help my loved one recover?

What can I expect after recovery from a hernia?

Patients ask their nurse many such queries. Patients often see the nurse as the link between themselves, the doctors and a sometimes puzzling and intimidating health care system.

Two in-practice licensed nurses in Australia, have set about to answer some particular questions from their patients. They have created an e-book in an easy-to-read format without the complicated medical jargon. This features the total process of having a hernia operation from the first consult with the hospital to the actual operation, medical treatment and recovery from a hernia that patients and their families go through.

"We always do our best to answer our patient's and their family member's questions with the information we have at hand", "Giving the patient or family member precise and open medical information is an important part of the care that nurses provide".

They have gathered lists of exact questions from patients and their families. With the services of a respectable health author, they are answering the patient's questions through a series of e-books, covering the most general and frequent operations performed.

Your Hernia Operation: An easy-to-understand guide to all your questions, written by qualified registered nurses is the first e-book in the collection. This e-book clearly shows more than 70 direct, specific questions, covering certain hernias, including sports, femoral, abdominal and inguinal. It talks the types of hernia operations offered for surgical repair and the recovery process and aftercare. It also includes symptoms of a hernia, possible complications, risks and what to expect during the hospital stay.

"We have included answers to many of the questions we have acquired from patients or have foreseen", "Present-day health care takes a team approach, which involves primary care doctors, nurses, medical specialists, technologists, nutritionists, social workers, patients and their families. The better informed patients are, the more engaged they will be in their own health care".

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