What is a dilated ring?
Each side of the lower (groin) end of the abdomen has a potential opening. Each opening can be likened to
a double set of doors. The inner door is the internal ring
and the outer door is the external ring. Normally the
external ring is the size of the examiner's fingertip.
When its walls are stretched or lax, it is referred to as a
dilated or wide ring. This is of no importance unless
abdominal contents go through it in which case there is
a true hernia. Presumably a wide ring means that one day
it may permit a hernia to occur. There are a lot of "ifs,"
"maybes" and "we don't know whens" about it. A wide
ring requires no treatment and no concern. If you have
no symptoms, forget it and have the area examined again
if it becomes painful or swollen.
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