Groin Pain

[Linny3]

I am still having so much trouble with groin pain. I did not injure myself or pull any muscles. It just started about a week ago. Low back and hips started getting tight and painful then moved in my thigh and now into my groin. I was on 15mg pred. and went to 20mg. That helped the back and hips but not the groin. I went up another 1 mg today but still no difference.

I was reading that groin pain could be a side effect of pred. I was wondering if others have experienced this? I had this kind of pain 4 years ago when this all started and not been bothered much by it since. ( so that wouldn't have been pred. related)

I have an appt with rheumatology on tues.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks

[123mossie]

I had that, mine was one sided, didn’t respond to increased pred. It turned out to be osteoarthritis. The pain came on suddenly, apparently it had been masked by the pred up to that point.

[Linny3 in reply to 123mossie]

Oh MyThanks for the reply

[Telian in reply to 123mossie]

Same happened to me, pain got really bad for no known reason.

[piglette]

I had groin pain due to osteo arthritis in my hip. In the end I had a hip replacement. Thank goodness I had it at the end of last year as it seems I would be lucky to get an op this year as Covid seems to have taken over.

[Linny3 in reply to piglette]

I had xrays done last year and no real problems were foundThanks for the reply

[123mossie in reply to piglette]

Having mine next week🤞

[piglette in reply to 123mossie]

Good luck. Let us know the result.

[Viv54 in reply to 123mossie]

Good Luck .

[ICHost in reply to piglette]

I had the same, groin pain that got worse and finally a hip replacement.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Mine is trochanteric bursitis aggravated by piriformis syndrome. I had thought originally it was OA in the hips but pred solved it nicely after a few months. But the bursitis appears again every so often - and also after the low back pain and thigh pain that marks the piriformis syndrome.

[Linny3 in reply to PMRpro]

Doesn't seem to match piriformis syndrome but I have had trochanteric bursitis and a steroid shot cleared it right up.Thinking of going to the er. I think if it is bursitis then they will give a steroid shot.

I have an appt with rheumatologist tues. but I think I need an app't with an orthopedic dr.

Thanks for the reply

[Rose54]

Hi I had groin pain and outside of thigh after Physio which made it worse and left me in agony

X Ray showed Arthritis in hip .

Manageable without meds but limited movement in hip

[dartmoorlass]

Hi Linny, I developed groin pain over a 4 month period after almost 5 years of preds plus about18 months of methotrexate for GCA. An xray showed an arthritic hip and I'm on the waiting list for hip replacement surgery. I've been offered it on two occasions recently but have declined stating concerns over the covid situation in our hospital. As hospital situations have become more difficult, I think they're quite relieved that I'm prepared to wait though I hope the infection rates decrease and I won't have to postpone again.

Hopefully your rheumatologist will conduct the necessary tests to determine the cause and prescribe an effective treatment. Do let us know the outcome.

[Suet3942]

I get groin pain when i go too low on the pred. So painful.

[Linny3 in reply to Suet3942]

I started taking 20 mg pred. from 15mg and it didn't help at all . I don't think I will go higher on my own.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Linny3]

Then probably not directly PMR - though my hip/groin pain did take a few months to go away

[Linny3 in reply to PMRpro]

after taking more pred?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Linny3]

No, at the start when I first went on pred.

[MusicMachineMan]

What is ped please?

[MusicMachineMan]

What is pred please?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to MusicMachineMan]

Prednisolone, mainly used in the UK, or prednisone, mainly used in the USA and Europe. Both corticosteroids which are the mainstay of management of the disorders we talk about on this forum: polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). If we say pred - covers both ...

[MusicMachineMan in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you)