Symptoms of a Groin Injury

A groin injury entails some sort of trauma or stress to the frontal pelvic region located between the leg and abdomen. For some, a groin injury includes a hernia or pulled muscle. For others, it means a stress fracture or dislocation. It can even be a result of blunt force trauma to the groin. Regardless of the cause, a groin injury can bring about a number of different symptoms, most of which are quite uncomfortable and can even be debilitating.

Pain

• Of all the symptoms involving groin injuries, pain is probably the most common. Whether it's a result of a direct trauma, a pulled muscle or a hernia, the individual suffers a certain amount of pain. The severity of the injury often dictates the intensity of the pain, but it's almost always isolated to the groin or slightly diffused out into neighboring regions of the body, such as the thigh, hip or lower abdomen.

Swelling

• Swelling often accompanies the pain from a groin injury. Most of the time it is isolated to the groin and a result of excess blood rushing to the injured area of injury, which is the body's immune response to the point of impact or distress. This swelling may also take the form of an actual protrusion, as is the case with an inguinal hernia.

Digestive Discomfort

• For some people, a groin injury can cause digestive discomfort, especially when trauma or distress has occurred within the soft tissue. An individual may become nauseous and suffer episodes of vomiting as well as constipation, but unlike other causes of nausea or constipation, this is more persistent and prolonged in nature.

Bleeding

• It is also possible to suffer from bleeding with a groin injury, which is often seen in a person's urine or stool. With urination, the color of the actual urine changes to more pink or red in hue. With bowel movements, the appearance of the stool becomes darker and more tarry.

Immobility

• In more severe cases, a person could have problems with mobility. Sustaining a fracture, dislocation or pulled muscle can have a great deal of impact on the movement of the leg, limiting, restricting and even stopping mobility.