What causes pain in the lower left abdomen of women?

In real life, many women are prone to pain when pressing on the left lower abdomen, usually accompanied by dull pain or lower abdominal pain. There are many reasons for women's left lower abdominal pain. Generally, it is due to genital inflammation, pelvic inflammatory disease, pain caused by abnormal leucorrhea, etc. Women are also prone to left lower abdominal pain when their waist is tired.

Causes of pain in the left lower abdomen of women

It is quite common for women to experience dull pain in the left lower abdomen. Generally speaking, it is divided into acute lower abdominal pain and chronic lower abdominal pain. There are many reasons for this condition.

The causes of dull pain in the left lower abdomen of women are as follows:

1. Chronic left lower abdominal pain:

1. Chronic inflammation of the genitals: Women suffer from long-term lumbar pain and lower abdominal pain, which becomes more severe after sexual intercourse and during the menstrual cycle. It is often accompanied by an increase in leucorrhea, which is mostly caused by chronic cervicitis. If lower abdominal distension, pain, and lumbar pain occur for a long time and become heavier after fatigue, sexual intercourse, or before and after the menstrual cycle, and are often accompanied by menstrual cycle disorders and fatigue, most of the time, they are caused by chronic pelvic inflammation.

2. Dysmenorrhea: There are two major types of dysmenorrhea: primary and secondary. Primary dysmenorrhea is more common in adolescent girls for unclear reasons. Secondary pain is more common in endometriosis and adenomyosis.

3. Tumor pain: When gynecological malignant tumors develop to the late stage, unbearable pain may occur.

2. Pain in the left lower abdomen caused by acute inflammation:

1. Non-inflammatory dull pain in the left lower abdomen: Ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cyst pedicle torsion, and rupture are more common.

2. Other reasons: Acute left lower abdominal pain may occur when uterine perforation occurs during artificial abortion or IUD insertion. Therefore, there are many reasons for dull pain in the lower left abdomen, most of which are caused by diseases. They must not be ignored and the cause must be found out and treated.

Other causes

1. Chronic dull pain in the left lower abdomen: There are many causes, and it is often accompanied by lumbar pain and increased vaginal discharge. It is common in chronic inflammation of the reproductive organs, endometriosis, adenomyosis, pelvic congestion and psychological pelvic pain.

Chronic inflammation of the genitals: Women experience long-term lumbar pain and lower abdominal pain, which worsens after sex and during the menstrual cycle. It is often accompanied by increased leucorrhea, which is mostly caused by chronic cervicitis. If you experience long-term lower abdominal distension, pain, and lumbar pain that worsens after fatigue, sex, or before and after the menstrual cycle, and are often accompanied by menstrual cycle disorders and fatigue, it is mostly caused by chronic pelvic inflammation.

Dysmenorrhea: There are two types: primary and secondary dysmenorrhea. Primary pain often occurs in adolescent girls for unclear reasons. It usually heals itself as you age or after getting married and having children. Common causes of secondary pain are endometriosis and adenomyosis.

Tumor pain: When gynecological malignancies progress to the late stage, unbearable and intractable pain may occur. Dull pain in the left lower abdomen is often accompanied by pain in the lumbar region, and the pain often radiates to the lower limbs.

2. Dull pain in the lower left abdomen caused by acute inflammation: including acute uterine inflammation, acute salpingo-oophoritis, pelvic peritonitis and acute pelvic cellulitis, etc. It is also seen in sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea. This type of sexually transmitted disease includes gonococcal infection and chlamydia infection, which often recur and can cause fallopian tube pyosalpinx in severe cases.

Non-inflammatory dull pain in the left lower abdomen: common causes include ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cyst pedicle torsion and rupture. 1. Intra-abdominal bleeding caused by ectopic pregnancy. The pain symptoms vary depending on the amount and speed of bleeding. 2. Ovarian cyst pedicle torsion. When the pedicle of an ovarian cyst twists, pain suddenly occurs on one side of the lower abdomen, which is persistent colic, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. In addition, ovarian cysts may rupture, and the contents of the ruptured cysts may irritate the peritoneum and cause pain.

Acute dull pain in the left lower abdomen caused by other reasons: Acute dull pain in the left lower abdomen may occur when uterine perforation occurs during artificial abortion or IUD insertion. Ovarian endometrial cysts (chocolate cysts) may grow larger and rupture during the menstrual cycle, and the cyst contents may irritate the peritoneum and cause severe abdominal pain.