Lower abdominal pain and frequent urination

Lower abdominal distension and pain is also a problem that occurs in many women's bodies. However, because the organs below the lower abdomen are relatively complex, the causes of lower abdominal distension and pain can vary greatly. For example, the reason why most women experience lower abdominal distension and pain is due to dysmenorrhea, but some women also have problems with frequent urination while experiencing lower abdominal distension and pain. What’s going on?

1 What to do if you have abdominal distension, pain, and gas

1. Before or after menstruation

Women experience lower abdominal distension and pain before or after each menstrual period, and may even feel nausea, vomiting, and be unable to rest normally. This is called dysmenorrhea in traditional Chinese medicine. During menstruation, you should pay attention to keeping warm, avoid cold, cool, raw, and cold stimulation to prevent the invasion of cold evil; pay attention to rest, reduce fatigue, strengthen nutrition, and enhance physical fitness; you should try to control drastic emotional fluctuations, avoid strong mental stimulation, and keep a happy mood; you should avoid excessive sexual intercourse at ordinary times, and sexual intercourse is absolutely prohibited during menstruation. In addition, you should pay attention to diet regulation during menstruation, and avoid eating raw, cold foods before and during menstruation.

2. Acute enteritis

The lower abdomen is cramping and painful, accompanied by dizziness, bloating, and persistent diarrhea. Large intestine dysfunction causes extreme mental and muscle sensitivity. The lower abdomen is cramping and painful, accompanied by dizziness, bloating, persistent diarrhea or constipation. Bathing can effectively relieve pain, dizziness, bloating, persistent diarrhea or constipation.

3. Gynecological inflammation

Vaginitis and adnexitis are both causes of lower abdominal distension and pain. The specific symptoms are dull pain in the lower abdomen, fever, and abnormal leucorrhea. If acute adnexitis is not treated, it will develop into chronic adnexitis, which manifests as lower abdominal pain that varies in severity.

4. Interstitial cystitis

Pain in the middle of the lower abdomen, discomfort when urinating, and frequent urination. When interstitial cystitis occurs, the urinary tract is inflamed, causing the bladder to swell. Pain in the middle of the lower abdomen, discomfort when urinating, and frequent urination. Pain near the pubic bone, which worsens when trying to urinate; frequent urination (at least once an hour during the day and multiple times at night), and sharp pain during intercourse. The editor hopes that after reading this article, it will help you to get rid of the pain as soon as possible. If you are really in pain, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible and listen to the doctor's advice.

2Why do I have abdominal distension and pain and can't urinate completely?

Generally speaking, if you cannot urinate completely and feel the urgency and pain during urination, it could be a urinary tract infection. If you have frequent urination at night, it may be a sign of kidney deficiency. Kidney tonification requires distinction between yin and yang.

A normal adult urinates an average of 4 to 6 times a day during the day and 0 to 2 times at night after going to bed. Infants urinate 20 to 30 times during the day and night. If the frequency of urination increases significantly and exceeds the above range, it means that the urine is not completely emptied. There are many reasons for incontinence, which can be summarized as follows:

1. Increased urine volume

As urine volume increases, the frequency of urination will also increase accordingly. Under physiological conditions, such as drinking large amounts of water, eating watermelon, and drinking beer, due to the increase in water intake, the urine volume increases through the regulation and filtration of the kidneys, and the frequency of urination also increases, resulting in incomplete urination.

2. Inflammatory stimulation: Under inflammatory stimulation, incomplete urination, urgency and pain when urinating often occur at the same time, which is called urinary tract irritation sign, commonly known as "tri-urination sign".

3. Non-inflammatory irritation such as urinary stones and foreign bodies usually presents with incomplete urination.

4. Reduced bladder capacity, such as bladder space-occupying lesions, compression from the enlarged uterus during pregnancy, tuberculous bladder contracture, or large bladder stones.

5. Psychoneural inability to urinate: Inability to urinate only occurs during the day or before falling asleep at night. It is often caused by mental stress or is seen in patients with hysteria. This may also be accompanied by urinary urgency and pain.