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HIATUS HERNA (Nursing Care Plan (Eat small diet high in fibre, Meals taken…
HIATUS HERNA
Nursing Care Plan
Eat small diet high in fibre
Meals taken 3 hours before bed
Administer antacids
Avoid straining whilst passing stools
Drink a lot of water after eating
Avoid smoking and drinking alcohol
Causes
Prolonged weakness
Congenital Muscle weakness
Poor nutrition
Factors which increases inra-abdominal pressure
An increase an Age
Trauma
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Heart burn
DSYPNOEA
A feeling of fullness
Dysphagia
Severe burning pain
Diagnostic Test
Barium Swallow
Biopsy
Oesophagoscopy
ECG
Pathiophysiology
Stomach prevented from ascending to thoracic cavity
Stomach herniates upward into mediastinal cavity
Muscle in diaphragm encircles oesophageal junction
Regurgitation of gastric content
DEFINITION
Stomach herniates through oesophageal opening of diaphraigm