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Hernia From Sneezing?

BRUMI1968

By BRUMI1968
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Okay...TWO MONTHS ago I caught a cold thing that was mostly this horrible DRY itchy hamburger feeling sore throat and spastic horrible coughing that didn't produce anything. My lungs were fine. Well, this went on for a month and a half. Then I got laryngitis for four days. That was fun. Then I sprained/cracked/broke/bruised a rib - I think sprained - from coughing. Finally, about a week ago, the coughing got better so the rib started to get better too. Wake up today and I'm sicker than a dog with this cold -- now mostly in my schnozz.

So, I decide, this is a long illness. I'm going to the doc. So I went and she prescribed some antibiotics -- thinking the almost cured then suddenly worse thing sounded like a possible case of bacteria taking advantage of my lowered system and the nice warm mucousy nose of mine. So, rather than do what I normally do (read the inserts of drugs then refuse to take them), I came home, took the pills, then read the insert. HOpefully she's right, because I'm desperate for some relief.

But now to the crux. I'm sitting in a big overstuffed chair with the dog - so I'm sitting a bit cattywampus so he can be comfy - and I lay down a huge sneeze. OUCH! This made my right lower abdomen - above my hip really - hurt like the devil. Every step I take makes it hurt worse. By now, my back hurts too, and my neck, and I'm just a wreck.

Could I have gotten a hernia from sneezing? If so, should I be able to see a lump, or is the lump internal where the intestines poke through the weak abdominal wall.

Any advice?

-Sherri

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I just called my mom and asked her (she is a nurse). She said she would think it is entirely possible to do so, she even explained about tearing holes in your esphophugus (sp)? (throat). Yadda, yadda, long story short, sometimes you can see external bulging sometimes you can't. If the pain persists you need to be seen.

By the way there is a nasty bug going around here in WA that won't clear up unless you get antibiotics. I know a couple of people that have been fighting it for just under a month now. Both Dr.s said it is either whooping cough or bronchitis. I am hoping I will miss out on this one, but I'm not usually that lucky.

Hope you feel better soon!

-Laurie

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No answers for you. Just a big bowl of virtual gluten-free chicken soup and a hug.

Hope you feel better soon. Very, very soon. It sounds like you've been through the ringer.

Nancy

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debmidge
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My husband developed 3 hernias from nowhere. My suspicion is that his misdiagnosed celiac left him "fat-less" and his body started "eating" his muscles; first to get thinner was abdominal wall and hence the propensity to acquire a hernia.

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Sorry you've been so sick :(

I would say that it's entirely possible to get a hernia from coughing, because it happened to my husband!

Several years ago, he had a terrible cold that turned into days of a hacking cough. He coughed so hard that he got a hernia that had to be repaired surgically. These things also run in his family (his brother and father) so I'm sure his abdominal wall was somewhat weak to begin with.

Lots of warm liquids and hugs to you :) I hope you feel all the way better soon!

Generic Apprentice
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I think I'm getting the dreaded crud that is going around, too. Yuck!

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Well, said potentail hernia was probably just a muscle spasm or pulled muscle. It's lots better now.

Beware this virus. It can hang on you for quite some time; I have felt partly sick/cold for two months, then it flared with the coughing last month, and flared with the nose thing this month. Arg!

Everyone take their vitamin C/

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Well, said potentail hernia was probably just a muscle spasm or pulled muscle. It's lots better now.

Beware this virus. It can hang on you for quite some time; I have felt partly sick/cold for two months, then it flared with the coughing last month, and flared with the nose thing this month. Arg!

Everyone take their vitamin C/

I'm glad that you're finally feeling better, and the "hernia" was a false alarm :)

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I just called my mom and asked her (she is a nurse). She said she would think it is entirely possible to do so, she even explained about tearing holes in your esphophugus (sp)? (throat). Yadda, yadda, long story short, sometimes you can see external bulging sometimes you can't. If the pain persists you need to be seen.

By the way there is a nasty bug going around here in WA that won't clear up unless you get antibiotics. I know a couple of people that have been fighting it for just under a month now. Both Dr.s said it is either whooping cough or bronchitis. I am hoping I will miss out on this one, but I'm not usually that lucky.

Hope you feel better soon!

-Laurie

You're in WA too? I've heard a lot of folks have this bug. I am on antibiotics now, so hopefully it will get better. They don't do squat for the common cold, though, so I hope it's gone bacterial. I hate taking meds for no reason.

I think it's all the bloody rain this winter that has got folks sick. Anyway, take care. Thanks for the info.

Generic Apprentice
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I'm already on antibiotics due to an infection inmy tooth that has come back 4 times now, ergh. I am supposed to get oral surgery on the 4th for it, but I think I'm gonna have to cancel. I am definately getting sick. I hope this doesn't drag on for months.

And yes I am in the metropolis of Everett. Glad to hear it wasn't a hernia. Feel better soon!

-Laurie

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I'm already on antibiotics due to an infection inmy tooth that has come back 4 times now, ergh. I am supposed to get oral surgery on the 4th for it, but I think I'm gonna have to cancel. I am definately getting sick. I hope this doesn't drag on for months.

And yes I am in the metropolis of Everett. Glad to hear it wasn't a hernia. Feel better soon!

-Laurie

are you willing to explain your avatar?

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I haven't gotten a hernia from coughing, but I did throw my neck out of place with a very bad coughing spell. Had to go to the chiropractor a couple times to get it back in place.

I was outside a fabric store in my car when the coughing started. Must have coughed for ten minutes solid - was getting desperate. Finally, it let up enough so I could go into the store and get a drink of water, which helped, but by that time I was wiped out and just got back into the car and drove home.

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Well, said potentail hernia was probably just a muscle spasm or pulled muscle. It's lots better now.

Beware this virus. It can hang on you for quite some time; I have felt partly sick/cold for two months, then it flared with the coughing last month, and flared with the nose thing this month. Arg!

Everyone take their vitamin C/

Oh I'm glad....I have a herniated belly button. It doesn't bother me much, but it's creepy!

My sister and her girls are sick with mytoplasma upper respiratory 9I think that's what it's called). It's up to epidemic proportions in her town- everyone's on Z Tec. Of course, now I have a sore throat and swollen glands. Waa!

Glad you don't have a hernia.

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are you willing to explain your avatar?

It is a picture of me driving the red bull truck in the ProRock women's rock crawling competition. All the proceeds go to breast cancer research. I should update it since I drive for Team S&N fab now.

-Laurie

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