Dr. Bernarr makes this incredible statement. I hope that he or someone else could elaborate further.
STRANGULATED HERNIAS WILL NOT HARM YOU
Never fear developing a strangulated hernia, also known as incarcerated or trapped hernia, i.e., a hernia which is tightly constricted or as is falsely contended, likely to become gangrenous. This is just lying, marketing propaganda, to build paranoid fear into you, to persuade you to undergo drugs, surgery and trusses, to repair your hernia, allegedly to save your life.