What may increase your risk of problems from a groin injury or problem?
Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medications, and diseases interfere with your ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at risk for a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- A history of previous groin injuries, problems, or surgeries
- An untreated hernia
- Surgery to remove the spleen
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
- High-risk sexual behaviors, such as:
- Unprotected intercourse without male or female condom use, except in a long-term single-partner (monogamous) relationship
- Unprotected mouth-to-genital contact, except in a long-term monogamous relationship
- Early sexual activity (before age 18)
- Having multiple sex partners
- Having a high-risk partner (one who has multiple sex partners)
- Having anal or homosexual sex (or have partner who does)
- Having sex with a partner who uses illegal injectable drugs
- Prostitution
- Genital piercings with or without jewelry
Medications
- Anticoagulants, such as warfarin (Coumadin), enoxaparin (Lovenox), heparin, or aspirin
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medications to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medications used to treat cancer (chemotherapy)
- Radiation therapy
Diseases
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Gout
- Heart disease
- Hemophilia
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)
- Kidney disease
- Kidney stones
- Lupus
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteomyelitis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sickle cell disease
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS | Last Updated: March 29, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine Philip Belitsky, MD, FRCSC - Urology | |
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