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Having A Pain Full Lump Between Groin And Lower Abdomen. Any Idea What Is It?
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Sat, 10 Aug 2013
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Sat, 10 Aug 2013
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Question : I have a painful, small lump in the area between my groin and lower abdomen. It's a burning kind of pain and the lump seems to have flattened out a bit in the last 24 hours. It's somewhat centrally located. It is painful to the touch. Any ideas what this could be?
Hello,
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I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
From the description that you have given, it appears that you could be having a infectious lesion probably a bacterial infection in the form of a furuncle or abscess.
The fact that it has reduced in size suggests that it is healing and unless you are a diabetic, you need not worry at this stage.
However you should see a doctor in case
1) It increases in size
2) Its tenderness increases
3) It bursts open
4) You have a fever.
Otherwise there is nothing to worry. IN case if it persists you need to take a course of anti-biotics such as cefexime or ciprofloxacin.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
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Wish you good health,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
From the description that you have given, it appears that you could be having a infectious lesion probably a bacterial infection in the form of a furuncle or abscess.
The fact that it has reduced in size suggests that it is healing and unless you are a diabetic, you need not worry at this stage.
However you should see a doctor in case
1) It increases in size
2) Its tenderness increases
3) It bursts open
4) You have a fever.
Otherwise there is nothing to worry. IN case if it persists you need to take a course of anti-biotics such as cefexime or ciprofloxacin.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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