Bulge

A protrusion of something that should be inside the abdomen, through the muscle layers is a hernia. You see it more often before you feel it. Being overweight can increase the pressure inside the abdomen making one more prone to develop a hernia. Smoking is another risk factor that can contribute by weakening the tissue strength.

Once you develop a hernia, you can't generally heal the defect without an operation. The most dangerous but relatively rare complication of a hernia is that the organ that bulges through the hole in the muscle gets stuck and then loses it's blood circulation.

• Losing weight

• Smoking cessation

• Good control of other medical conditions like diabetes

• Regular exercise, 

all these measures can prepare your body to heal well after an operation to fix your hernia.