Answers from quiz: What do you know about hiatus hernia?

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Question 1

Hiatus hernia can cause many different symptoms. Which two options are not symptoms of a hiatus hernia?

Correct answers: B. Itching in the oral cavity; G. Tenderness around the kidneys

A hiatus hernia can manifest itself in many different ways and produces many different symptoms that may not appear to be related to each other.

Question 2

What is a diaphragm?

Correct answer: C. A muscle

The diaphragm is a large and powerful muscle that separates the upper body like a partition

Question 3

What is a Hiatus hernia?

Correct answer: B. Weakened musculature of the diaphragm.

When the musculature of the diaphragm is weakened, the upper part of the stomach can uncontrollably slide up into the hole for the oesophagus. It can cause a number of different symptoms.

Question 4

What is the Latin term for diaphragmatic hernia?

Correct answer: B. Hiatus hernia

There are many different terms for the same thing. In addition to Hiatus hernia, it can be called gastric hernia or Hiatal hernia.

Question 5

Which line points to the diaphragm?

Correct answer: D. Line number 4.

The other lines point to: 1. trachea; 2. Upper oesophageal sphincter (PES); 3. Oesophagus; 5. Upper gastroesophageal junction; 6. Stomach

Question 6

What has changed in Figure B (compared to A)?

Correct answer: B: The stomach has settled into its correct position under the diaphragm.

In Figure A, the upper part of the stomach has slid up through the diaphragm so that the gastroesophageal junction can release contents. This should be able to happen, but only in certain situations, such as when we vomit or burp.

Question 7

How is the root cause of the symptoms arising from hiatus hernia treated?

Correct answer: C. Regular neuromuscular training

Symptom relief is very important and you can get it in the form of medicines or home remedies. However, these do not do anything about the underlying cause.

Question 8

What is neuromuscular training?

Correct answer: D. Using neural pathways to stimulate muscles that are not under voluntary control.

It is not possible to activate a large part of the musculature in the swallowing process willingly. Therefore, we use nerve signals in the brain to access internal musculature.

Question 9

The swallowing process is a complex chain of synchronised muscle movements – how many muscles are involved in a perfectly performed swallow?

Correct answer: D. 148

If everything works, 148 muscles are coordinated for the food to safely land in the stomach.

Question 10

What is the best description of the most common root cause of heartburn and acid reflux?

Correct answer: A. Weakened internal musculature causes the gastro-oesophageal junction area to uncontrollably place itself above the diaphragm.

When the gastro-oesophageal junction ends up above the diaphragm, it cannot close tightly and stomach acid is allowed to leak into the oesophagus.