What are the signs and symptoms of the condition?
A person with a hiatal hernia often has no symptoms, and the hernia may be found only during a test called an upper GI series. When symptoms do occur they can include:
heartburn
painful swallowing
burping
feeling like food is stuck in the throat
feeling of fullness in the chest
chest pain
blood in the stools
severe pain from constriction of the stomach or esophagus