Hi.. My sister is experiencing severe pain in her left groin area. She is in tears every night and no one seems to be able to help. She was in hospital for a week and underwent a MRI, CAT scan etc and still nothing. They say they can't find anything. It is constant in her left side. It used to go down her left leg also but not so much now. She says it feels like her inside are being pulled apart and when the pain eases her left side feels heavy. She has had a massage machine to see if it is muscle related with still no success. It started before Christmas 2012 and had stayed getting worse and worse. She can't take anymore. Can anybody help us???
Gemma,
Did your sister ever find an answer or relief?
I am in the same boat.
30-year-old. pain in (right) groin since July 2013. Sometimes pain radiates down to knee. Sometimes radiates up through abdomen,
Lumbar MRI revealed nothing special. Tried perscription anti-inflammatories. Tried physio. Acupuncture. Had ultrasounds of pelvis and abdomen. Had endoscopy down throat. Bloodwork. All clear.
Am now waiting on an abdominal/pelvic CT scan.
Am tired of being in such intense pain with little to no relief.
I have yet to meet someone who knows what I am talking about/has an idea/can offer a solution. I have seen my GP, a physiotherapist, a vascular doc, a neurologist, and a gastro doc...
What was your sister's outcome/what has her journey been like since?
All the Best,
-Dora.
Is your pain worse from time of ovulation to period? I had severe cramps that grew into pain all the time in that area. Turned out to be endometrioisis. Eventually got a hysterectomy, which cured it.
Not that I have noticed.
Is the only way to diagnose endo via a laproscopic exploratory surgery?
I keep thinking it is a femoral hernia (incredibly difficult to diagnose in women).
Chronically not feeling well/being in pain is causing me to be anxious and stressed, which in turn feeds the pain.
It's difficult to know where to go next.
I think if it was endo. you would know that it involves the uterine area in rhythm to your cycle. I hope you find the answer. I have chronic pain from a variety of problems - it is just maddening and sad. I feel like there is a normal active gal in me, who is not allowed her freedom.
Sounds same as my groin pain, I had knee replacement in 2013 that was healing very well until about 6 months I started having intense groin thigh hamstring and knee pain again, after months of physio and X-rays on knee to make sure nothing had gone out of place, I went back to surgeon saying something was horribly wrong as I could not walk by this stage and would bd in tears most nights..... After investigating further and an X-ray of my hip, it was referred pain from hip ... I needed a hip replacement !!!!!!!!
Immediately after replacement the intense groin psin had disappeared!!
7 weeks on and I now have shingles!!!!!
Did she ever figure it out and if so, how long did it take to heal. Sounds like iliopsoas tendonosis/tendonitis.
My be she is suffering from piriformis syndrome
Hi Gemma, I've found this forum topic very interesting. I am 74 years old and have severe pain in my left groin, just in the crease where my thigh joins my stomach. The pain was so severe that it was reducing me to tears. I went to the Doctor and he prescribed Gabapentin, a nerve medication, and it eased. I still have the pain but it isn't so intense and I still take the Gabapentin capsules. Doctor said it was referred pain from stenosis in my lower back which was also affecting my hip. I also find that it has affected my urinary tract, when I wee it just trickles out and I have to just sit there until it's finished. I would be interested to hear from others with this problem.
Liz I am 73 and had similar experience not yet resolved. But one thing to consider which I believe is quite rare but throws similar symptoms to stenosis is a Psoas abscess. This Psoas is a muscle that goes from the back of your stomach think its attached to your lower spine and goes down into the lower pelvic area. There are two on one left and other on right and manifests itself in pain in the groin. My pain is fine when sitting or even standing, but completely unable to tolerate pain on walking. Been like that for six weeks and maximum pain killers would not even touch it. A lot better now but hoping for a definitive diagnosis soon. Look this up on internet and also look up picture of Psoas muscle.
Liz i am 61 and I have been off work since last August with exactly the same symptoms of pain, MRI, loads of xrays at the fracture clinic, hip and knee clinic ,and blood tests found nothing to detect. Just had an injection to see if it is refffered hip pain, hopefully it will sort it .But i am going to make a note of your medication, as i am slowly going round the bend and just about to lose my job as i=I can't walk and need to be on my feet 6/8hrs a day. I had similar bladder problems but thought it was because I am at home and drinking more.
Hi Doreen, I am 47 and having many issues similar to these I'm reading about....I am up hours trying to ease my pain...have you found any resolve?
Hello Liz, I am 82 and have much the same trouble as you..lots of pain in walking, sitting or standing up from chair, dribbling urine..Have had hip x-rays, they are ok, but lower back is in bad shape.Doc thinks it's bursitis and wants to inject steroids...I said no because I think it is torn muscle or such...feels like what I imagine a hernia would feel like, but there are no lumps etc.I wonder if injections would help?
Hi Gemma, I had injections for burstitis and they really helped at the time. I had an MRI scan to try to sort my pain out and was told that I had lumbar spinal stenosis which, in effect, means that the base of my spine is crumbling and the pain is referred to my groin. I take Gabapentin which is a nerve pain reliever. Hope this is helpful and that you soon find some help and relief. Lizzy
Hello Liz, I found your reply to Gemma very helpful because I think I have the same problem as you.Doctor wanted to inject but said no, as I wanted to find out more about it.Are the injections done with a local anaesthetic?
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I had that in and around 2009/10 and finally diagnosed as hip related and needed a hip replacement which I had in 2011. My hip joint was full of osteoarthritis which 12 months later was totally infected and found to have septicaemia and had to have the hip taken out and almost lost my life through this. I was then without a hip for eight months spent nine weeks in hospital trying to get my bloods back to normal, eight months later had another hip put in which kept dislocating and finally in September just gone had another hip replacement. I still feel pain in the groin area but bearable. My leg and hip joint has now very limited movement due to the type of joint I have had.
I am still waiting for that light at the end of a very long tunnel.
good luck gemma424.
Hi Liz164 and Enid27.
I am 82. I had my hip steroid injection with ultrasound.It seems I have bursitis and a 2cm tear of the gluteus medius muscle, one of the large muscles in the hips...hence all my pain.Don't need a hip replacement. From what I have read , tears in the muscles due to ageing are often overlooked but cause much pain. My pain has eased but last night in bed it gave me a bad night so is it coming back? An ultra sound will show up tears.The injection was painless as they use a local anaesthetic. They were telling me "it's all done" and I hadn't felt a thing! Will have another one in 6months time. Ask your doctors to check your ultra sound reports again.
Hi Liz164.
I too have been having the same problems. A severe pain in the groin ( right groin ) and everytime I try to stand the pain is so so bad, it takes a few moments before I can start to walk because of the pain. I had xrays and my Doctor thinks that because I have now five crumbling discs, she thinks that this could be the cause of all the pain. I also have been getting a lot of pain around the side of the leg and into the hip as well. Although I have had back pain for a long time because of the crumbling discs. This is the first time I am having this severe groin pain as well. I am now using a stick, because I tend to stumble. They say old age dont come alone, but this is terrible.
Hi Betty, sorry but I've only just found your post so you've probably got the answer to your question by now. Yes I did had a local anaesthetic before the burstitis injection. Hope you're feelin g better.
See my reply above Betty 75346. Glad all went well, hope you feel the benefit.