It was later discovered that the 71-year-old had suffered a strangulated hiatus hernia – a medical emergency where a portion of the stomach is trapped in the chest and the blood supply is cut off.

With more persistent hernias there is a risk that the loop of bowel it contains will twist, which cuts off it's a blood supply - a strangulated hernia. For this reason all persistent hernias ...

Incarcerated Hernia: The intestines push through a weak point and become trapped, thereby requiring urgent medical intervention. A major condition called strangulated hernia occurs when the ...

Strangulation: If the hernia is cutting off blood supply, it can cause severe pain, fever, and skin discoloration (dark, red, or purple). This requires emergency surgery. Growth or discomfort ...

A coroner has warned about a "lack of understanding" among medics of strangulated hiatus hernia after the condition went undiagnosed in a man who later died. Tom Glover, who was in his early 70s ...