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2. Classifications

Experts refer to hernias with a few different descriptors to more quickly express how they are presenting. These include:

  • Reducible femoral hernia: most common form, usually painless, can pull back into the abdominal cavity spontaneously or be manipulated into place
  • Irreducible, incarcerated, or obstructed femoral hernia: portion of the intestine becomes twisted or constricted due to the hernia and causes intestinal obstruction
  • Strangulated femoral hernia: constriction of the hernia limits blood flow to part of the bowel, causes nausea and pain; this is a life-threatening medical emergency

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