Why does my lower abdomen hurt like menstrual cramps?

Nowadays, people's body resistance has become worse than before, and often it will cause more or less symptoms in their bodies. Sometimes they will feel pain in their lower abdomen like dysmenorrhea, but there is no sign of menstruation. If this is the case, it is definitely abnormal, so you need to find a way to figure out the specific reasons why you have this situation, so that you can finally achieve the effect of prescribing the right medicine.

Causes

1. Acute abdominal pain

(1) Diseases of abdominal organs

1) Acute inflammation of abdominal organs: acute gastroenteritis, acute corrosive gastritis, acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, acute appendicitis, acute cholangitis, etc.

2) Perforation or rupture of abdominal organs: perforation of gastric and duodenal ulcers, perforation of typhoid intestinal organs, rupture of liver, rupture of spleen, rupture of kidney, rupture of ectopic pregnancy, rupture of ovary, etc.

3) Obstruction or expansion of abdominal organs: gastric mucosal prolapse, acute intestinal obstruction, inguinal hernia, intussusception, biliary ascariasis, cholelithiasis, kidney and ureteral stones, etc.

4) Torsion of abdominal organs: acute gastric torsion, ovarian cyst pedicle torsion, omentum torsion, intestinal torsion, etc.

5) Intra-abdominal vascular obstruction: acute obstruction of the mesenteric artery, acute portal vein thrombosis, dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm, etc.

(2) Abdominal wall diseases: abdominal wall contusion, abdominal wall abscess and abdominal wall herpes zoster, etc.

(3) Chest diseases: acute myocardial infarction, acute pericarditis, angina pectoris, pneumonia and pulmonary infarction, etc.

(4) Systemic diseases and others: rheumatic fever, uremia, acute lead poisoning, porphyria, abdominal allergic purpura, abdominal epilepsy, etc.

2. Causes of chronic abdominal pain

Diseases of abdominal organs:

(1) Chronic inflammation: reflux esophagitis, chronic gastritis, chronic cholecystitis, chronic pancreatitis, tuberculous peritonitis, inflammatory bowel disease, etc.

(2) Gastrointestinal diseases: gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastrinoma, etc.

(3) Torsion or obstruction of abdominal organs: chronic gastrointestinal torsion, intestinal adhesions, omental adhesion syndrome, etc.

(4) Increased capsular tension: liver congestion, hepatitis, liver abscess, liver cancer, splenomegaly, etc.

(5) Gastrointestinal motility disorders: gastroparesis, functional dyspepsia, hepatic flexure and splenic flexure syndrome.

1. Nature and severity of abdominal pain

The nature of abdominal pain is related to the organ where the lesion is located and the nature of the lesion. For example, colic often indicates obstruction of hollow organs; bloating and pain are often caused by increased tension in the visceral capsule, traction of the mesentery, or flatulence and expansion of hollow organs. The degree of pain is sometimes consistent with the severity of the lesion, but due to individual differences, sometimes the degree of pain does not reflect the extent of the lesion.

2. Location of abdominal pain

The surface location of abdominal pain is often related to the segmental distribution of the spinal cord. Usually, the location of the pain is the location of the lesion, but some lesions cause pain that radiates to a fixed area. For example, acute cholecystitis can radiate to the right scapula and back, and the pain caused by appendicitis can be transferred from the umbilicus to the right lower abdomen.