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Please tell me, could a kidney infection cause groin and leg pain?

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Its certainly poss--: Ible. An infected kidney can burst and cause the infection to spread around the local muscles there as well as the nearby nerves can get irritated. This will result in groin pain/swelling and leg pains. Its been well described in the literature.

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Answered 1/21/2019

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