Foods that are best to eat after hernia surgery are yogurt, chicken, rice, broiled chicken and toast.
Foods you cannot and should not eat after hernia surgery include breads, crackers, biscuits, chunky meats such as steaks and dry meals such as cold cuts.
Hernia mesh lasts indefinitely if it's the non absorbable hernia mesh while the absorbable mesh lasts for around 10 years to 20 years.
How long a hernia mesh repair lasts depends on the type of hernia mesh that is put in place.
There are a few different types of hernia mesh that are put into people.
Those two types of hernia mesh are absorbable hernia mesh and non absorbable hernia mesh.
If you have the non absorbable hernia mesh installed in your body it's meant to stay in your body indefinitely and never needs replaced.
If you have the absorable type of hernia mesh installed in your body then eventually it gets absorbed in your body and needs replaced.
If the hernia mesh is the absorbable hernia mesh it will last for around 10 years to 20 years but it can vary from person to person.
Non-absorbable hernia mesh will remain in your body indefinitely and is considered a permanent implant.
The hernia mesh is used to provide permanent reinforcement to the repaired hernia.
Absorbable hernia mesh will degrade and lose strength over time.
It is not intended to provide long-term reinforcement to the repair site.
The symptoms of hernia mesh problems and complications include.
Pain and discomfort. Patients suffering from hernia mesh complications often report pain and discomfort near the abdomen, stomach, leg, groin, or testicles. ...
Nausea.
Lethargy.
Constipation or Bowel Obstruction.
Erectile dysfunction.
Hernia recurrence.
Hernia mesh complications include adhesion, bowel obstruction or perforation, infection, rejection and migration.
Patients have reported symptoms of pain, mesh failure and hernia recurrence following hernia repair surgery.
Hernia mesh problems can occur immediately after surgery or years later.