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Hiatal Hernia


Symptoms & Signs

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

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