Q: I have a 3-year-old female cat. She has not been spayed as she and I live in an upstairs apartment and she never goes outside. She has, a vet told me about a year ago, an umbilical hernia about the ...

Q: Rosie, our pit bull puppy, has a soft lump where her belly button should be. When we push on it, it disappears temporarily. What is it, and should we be concerned? A: It sounds like Rosie may have ...

I just moved to the area a few months ago and had to find a new vet to care for my 6-year-old cat. She is spayed and stays indoors all of the time. She was given a clean bill of health and all of her ...

Hernias typically result from muscle weakness and strain. Depending on the severity, doctors may suggest watchful waiting or surgery to repair the hernia. A hernia occurs when an organ pushes through ...

You get a hernia when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. Hernias often happen where the belly wall is weaker, such as in ...