Inguinal hernia (the most common): part of your bowel squeezes through your lower abdomen into the groin.

Femoral hernia:  fatty tissue or a part of the bowel pushes through into the groin at the top of the inner thigh.

Incision hernia:  tissue or the bowel pushes through a surgical wound in the abdomen.

Umbilical hernia:  fatty tissue or a part of the bowel pushes through the abdomen close to your belly button.

Epigastric hernia is when fatty tissue pushes through your abdomen, between the belly button and breastbone.

Spigelian hernia is when part of your bowel pushes through your abdomen by the stomach muscle below the belly button.

Muscle hernia is when part of your muscle pushes through the abdomen sometimes after a sports injury.