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Symptoms of disease - pain in the groin during pregnancy

The groin (Latin inguen) or groin area (Latin regio inguinalis) - part of the lower edge of the abdominal area, adjacent to the thigh. Here is the inguinal canal (Latin canalis inguinalis), through which pass the large blood vessels hips and a round ligament of the uterus, this also can descend loops of intestine and form a hernia

Which diseases there is pain in the groin during pregnancy

1. If you have pain in the groin during pregnancy on either side, always in the beginning of think of the hernia. Hernias occur when local support tissue weaker and allows loops of intestine to slip out of the abdomen in the groin. Hernia becomes visible as a swelling in the groin, especially when you are standing. But you can feel the pain and without a visible bulge. Hernia can give unpleasant complication. If the hole is relatively small, but a loop of the intestine is relatively high, the latter can be captured or prejudiced in it. When this happens, it is called "strangulated hernia". Incarcerated hernia requires immediate operation, so as disturbed blood supply strangulated intestine, which leads to its destruction.

2. Infection in the pelvic area (adneksit, dysmenorrhea, infection, parametritis) may result in increased and tenderness of the lymph nodes in the groin.

3. If the lymph nodes in the groin are swollen, but not painful, it can indicate cancer or benign tumor. It could also be a manifestation of early (primary stage of syphilis.

4. A low set a kidney stone, stone urethra also cause pain in the groin. An attack of renal colic occurs suddenly and lasts for a few minutes, hours and days. It is characterized by acute pain in the lower back or the upper quadrant with the irradiation of the urethra in the groin, the bladder, the external sexual organs. Frequent urination and blood in the urine will help in determining the correct diagnosis.

5. If the pain in your groin is not connected neither with enlarged lymph nodes, or with kidney stones, it may arise from the fact that the disc of the spine compresses the nerves that go to this area. The reason for this may osteochondrosis of the lumbar spine.

5. Pain in the groin during pregnancy may indicate urinary infections and inflammation, which lead to increased and painful lymph nodes in the groin area.

Among the other causes of pain in the groin during pregnancy may be the following diseases:
- The groin injury.
- Genital herpes.
- Varicose node of the large subcutaneous veins feet.
- Femoral artery aneurysm.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the groin during pregnancy

• Obstetrician-gynecologist
• Surgeon

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Do you feel hurts in the groin during pregnancy? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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