Obesity is not a simple condition of eating too much. It is now recognized that obesity is a serious, chronic disease.
A burning sensation in the chest or throat is called heartburn. Heartburn that occurs more than twice a week may be considered serious.
Protrusion of the upper part of the stomach into the thorax through the esophageal hiatus because of a tear or weakness in the diaphragm.
Protrusion of abdominal-cavity contents through the inguinal canal causing pain or discomfort especially with coughing, exercise, or bowel movements.
Protrusion at the site of the belly button in the newborn, these hernias tend to resolve without any treatment by around the age of 2–3 years.
Gallstones are small, hard crystalline mass formed abnormally in the gall bladder or bile ducts from bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts.
Inflammation of the appendix, which can happen at any age but most cases are between 8 and 25 years of age.
Acute condition in which the gall bladder becomes inflamed and swollen because flow of bile into duodenum is blocked by Gallstones.
