Yes, you can! In fact, most people who train with IQoro for symptoms of a hiatus hernia have never been diagnosed. This is because approximately 90 percent of those with a hiatus hernia have what is known as a sliding hiatus hernia, and these are difficult to detect.
A sliding hernia means that your stomach is not fixed in place but moves up and down through the hiatus canal due to weakened diaphragm muscles.
This means that an endoscopy must be performed at the right time, when the stomach has slid up above the diaphragm, in order to make a correct diagnosis. Therefore, the endoscopy may show that everything looks normal, even if you have a hiatus hernia causing your reflux. If it were possible to monitor how your stomach moves throughout the day, for example when lifting heavy objects, the results of the examination might be different.
If you have ever been prescribed acid-reducing medication by your doctor, you can see this as an indirect diagnosis of a hiatus hernia. This is because corrosive stomach acid cannot leak into your esophagus unless the diaphragm muscles are weakened.
So, if you are prescribed medication to relieve your reflux problems, it means that the doctor has determined you have a hiatus hernia, even if it hasn’t been confirmed in an examination. If you have also had an endoscopy that rules out other causes for your discomfort, the diagnosis becomes even more certain.
Regardless of whether you have a diagnosis or not, it is safe to start treatment with IQoro.