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A 35-year-old male asked:

Feel bulging feeling in groin-esp when sitting and signing(yelling).no bump visible.3 surgeons said no need for hernia surgery.feel pain coughing.why?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman
Dr. Rebecca Gliksmananswered
Internal Medicine 40 years experience
Groin pain: May be a sports hernia which is stretchng or tearing of the oblique muscles or the tendons of the adductors. May also be just irritation of the inguinal ligament, rarely sciatic pain, prostate/ testicular /intestine/kidney issue. F/u/ w/ doc http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00573 ( an inguinal l hernia is when the intestine protrudes through the defect in the abdominal wall
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