Groin pain

Groin pain in the lower abdomen uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, bladder are associated with pain and pathologies of the intestine. Patients admitted to the gynecology clinic is one of the most frequent complaints.
Groin pain, sometimes intense while it appears sudden (acute pelvic pain) and sometimes disturbing ongoing for a long time (chronic pelvic pain) may form. Young and single in the less observed, are more common in women of reproductive age, middle age, are still rare in post-menopausal complaints.

Groin pain can be a variety of reasons. In fact, some patients may no reason.
The main reasons:
- Uterus, ovaries and tubes of infection (inflammation) (PID)
- Urinary tract infection, cystitis
- endometritis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Endometriosis
- Ovarian cyst rupture
- Ovarian Cyst Torsion (Buckling)
- Mittelschmerz (ovulation pain)
- Fibroids
- appendicitis
- Intestinal inflammation
- Irritable bowel disease
- Disease of the skeletal system
- Stone in the urinary tract and kidneys, is sand

pelvic pain during pregnancy is one of the most common complaints. This is discussed in detail in a separate article on the subject, can be found by clicking here.

which it has long been a "chronic groin pain" is the diagnosis and treatment of conditions often creates difficulties caused by problems with the reproductive system (uterus, ovaries). diseases of other organs in the abdomen is capable at times of chronic groin pain (intestine, muscle, such as the peritoneum and bone pain). Please click here for additional information about the causes of chronic pelvic pain.

What is done for diagnosis:
Groin to investigate the cause of pain in patients with first vaginal examination (not made in virgin), abdominal examination, urinalysis done. In some cases it may be necessary to clarify the cause of further blood tests or imaging studies such as CT.

Treatment:
Treatment is planned according to the cause of the pain. It usually sufficient oral antibiotic therapy when infections, ovarian cysts, causes such as fibroids can sometimes require surgery. Among the causes of groin pain as described above it is not always due to a cause such as general surgery and gynecology or urology branches sometimes can be caused by disease of interest. In these cases, the treatment by the relevant branch PLALAM specialist.