Symptoms

Symptoms of a Hiatal Hernia

The symptoms of a hiatal hernia are often identical to the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). They include:

• Heartburn
• Chest pain
• Burping
• A bitter taste in the mouth
• Dysphagia (trouble swallowing)
• Regurgitation (the return of partially digested food from the stomach to the mouth)
• Feeling nauseated

If you have a paraesophageal hernia, you may also experience:

• Feeling full after a small amount of food
• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal bleeding/blood loss
• Gastric torsion (twisting of the stomach, cutting off the blood supply)