To check for a swollen lymph node in the armpit,lift that arm slightly and gently place your fingers into that armpit. Press your fingers against the center of the armpit and then around the front and back of th
but they can frequently be starved of a blood supply. This can lead to a surgical emergency in which the suffocating bowel has to be cut out and the ends of the bowel reconnected. Femoral hernias are lower on the abdomen near where the hip meets the femur. They are caused when abdominal...