A paraesophageal hernia, or Type II, III, or IV hernia, may cause more severe symptoms. These can include: Abdominal/chest pain. Abdominal bleeding (which can be indicated by blood in vomit, red or black stool, anemia, blood test indicating loss of blood)

Can a hernia cause intestinal bleeding?

The clinical presentation of this illness is frequently nonspecific: abdominal pain, distension, nausea, fever, rectal bleeding, vomiting, constipation, or a palpable mass, depending on the disease.

What is the treatment for a bleeding hiatal hernia?

Surgical correction of the hiatal hernia and reflux is adequate treatment for the patient with hemorrhage from esophagitis or gastritis of the herniated stomach. Hemorrhage from duodenal ulcer as well as gastric ulcer requires a procedure directed at these lesions.