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Injured Tailbone Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have a sacrococcygeal injury and any of the following:
- Bladder incontinence
- Difficulty urinating:
- Groin numbness
- Difficulty walking:
- Inability to walk
- Leg numbness (unilateral)
- Leg weakness (unilateral)
- Rectal bleeding
- Fever over 101 degrees F (38.3 C)
- Worsening back pain
- Worsening back swelling
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Last Updated: Nov 6, 2008 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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