What causes abdominal hernias in the groin area?

Question

Specifically, can hernias be caused by strenuous sexual activity?

Answer 1

Please see the webpages for more details on Hernia, Femoral hernia and Hernia repair. Persistant cough, benign prostate gland enlargement etc may also cause the onset of hernia.

Answer 2

Yes. Anything that makes you flex or strain those muscles in the abdomin can induce a hernia.

The cause is strain that pushes a part of the intestine through a muscle wall into the scrotum or other pocket.

It can be extremely painful and if you feel around you might feel a lump where the pain is.

Answer 3

Straining your muscles until they tear will result in a hernia. Once the muscle is torn, the intestine will buldge out in the area.

Answer 4

Hardly.But you never know.If you were pushing to hard...You usually get hernia if you push yourself to hard.For example if you try to lift too much weight in a gum.