Editing Hernia (section)

=== Complications ===
Untreated hernia may be complicated by:
* [[Inflammation]]
* [[Bowel obstruction|Obstruction]] of any lumen, such as [[bowel obstruction]] in intestinal hernias
* [[Strangulation (bowel)|Strangulation]]
* [[Hydrocele]] of the hernial sac
* [[Haemorrhage|Hemorrhage]]
* [[Autoimmune]] problems
* [[Reduction (orthopedic surgery)|Irreducibility]] or incarceration, in which it cannot be reduced, or pushed back into place,<ref name="WashingtonSurgery2008">{{cite book | vauthors = Goers TA, Klingensmith ME, Chen LE, Glasgow SC |title=The Washington manual of surgery |publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Philadelphia |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7817-7447-5 }}</ref> at least not without very much external effort.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/incarcerated | work = onlinedictionary.datasegment.com | title = Incarcerated | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120045818/http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/incarcerated | archive-date=2008-11-20 }} Citing: Webster 1913</ref> In intestinal hernias, this also substantially increases the risk of bowel obstruction and strangulation.