I have had a hernia, since I was 19.
I helped a friend, lug a 352 F*rd, out of a junkyard. It was wintertime, and we more or less dragged it, to his car. As soon, as we lifted it up, I felt my right nut go up, near my belly button.
Luckily, I've tolerated it, all these years. Whenever it starts aching, I put an ice pack on.
I was gonna have it repaired, a few years ago, then my son-in-law, who just had his taken care of, showed me his lower stomach. (NO, he didn't show me his junk) All black and blue.
He said, he wouldn't do it again.