 Hi, I am Dr. Bhavarkar. I am a consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon at Manipal Hospital, Whitefield. Today I will be talking about the most common problem in our general population. It's Arneas. Arneas in common one which what we call this is a protrusion of any body part to the wall that contains it to the weak spot. Commonly we see Arneas in abdominal wall. There are different types of Arneas. It can be umbilical Arneas around the umbilical and it can be around the umbilical what we call as umbilical Arneas. It can be a dry Arneas also called inguinal and femoral Arneas. It can be at the previous side of the side what we call this incisional Arneas. The symptoms of Arneas are basically there will be a bulge. It can be a painful or painless bulge. Initially there will be the bulge which is painless. Gradually when it progresses can become pain. However sudden pain with swelling can happen commonly also. Other symptoms are it can be a dry sensation or the bulge. Initially these bulges are reduced to they go inside when we relax and it comes out when we strain. The common straining factors are it can be lifting weights or it can be a cough or when you are doing a stress workout. The basically the risk factors for developing Arneas is if there is any pre-existing weakness or any previous Arneas and also it can be it can account for the birth also and any person is as a potential chance of developing Arneas. The common sites as I explained can be a groin or it can be a umbilicus. It also related it also found commonly in obesity and who does stress exercises. These bulges can contain a part of the intestine. So whenever there is a swelling when it starts giving symptoms like pain or driving sensation that requires treatment. So the other essence of treatment is since these bulges contain intestine sometimes the amount of intestine comes out with more causing blockage of the intestine. It can lead to fatal problems something like candidate of intestine or because strangulation which requires immediate emergency surgery. So since there is a weakness to that the body portion is coming out. Only option will be surgical. So surgery depending on the type of Arneas we design a surgery. So there are two main types of options available. One is a keyhole surgery which where we laposcopic method through small holes and mesh placement is compulsory in any type of Arneas. The other option is open surgery where we make a big cut. Through that we reduce the contents and keep a mesh and repair the Arneas. Message to the public is any person who has a bulge noticed in near of this specified location please consult a dental surgeon for further evaluation and management of the Arneas before it becomes complicated. Thank you.