What causes women's lower abdominal pain?

The symptom of lower abdominal pain in women is a physical symptom that often occurs. Such symptoms are related to many diseases. If you don’t pay attention to maintenance on a regular basis, you will easily experience lower abdominal pain. What causes lower abdominal pain in women? This question often comes to mind for many women. So let us give a specific answer to these women who have questions.

1. Long-term pain in the lower abdomen

Some lower abdominal pain does not necessarily occur during menstruation, and is accompanied by a feeling of heaviness and increased vaginal discharge. In this case, it may be a symptom of endometritis or chronic pelvic inflammatory disease.

Endometritis is caused by bacteria that travel up the vagina and cervix or down the fallopian tubes and through the lymphatic system to the endometrium. Under normal circumstances, the female vagina is acidic and the cervix has a mucus plug, which is the body's physiological barrier that can resist bacterial invasion. However, under special circumstances, such as menstruation, childbirth, after abortion and various intrauterine operations, this barrier function is weakened or even disappears, which can easily lead to bacterial invasion and cause endometritis. In addition, this disease is also prone to occur if you do not pay attention to personal hygiene. Endometrial inflammation can hinder the implantation of the fertilized egg and may also cause salpingitis or oophoritis. Relevant studies have shown that infertility caused by endometritis accounts for 9.4% of female infertility, and the harm should not be underestimated.

The systemic symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease are generally not obvious, sometimes there may be a low fever and easy fatigue. Patients with a longer course of illness may also be accompanied by lack of energy, general discomfort, insomnia, abdominal pain, etc. Some cases may develop into chronic pelvic inflammatory disease due to incomplete treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease or poor physical condition of the patient and long course of illness. Patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease may also have acute attacks when their body resistance is reduced. For clear chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, the main response measures at present are to get a good rest, avoid fatigue, and take Chinese patent medicine. If it is not an acute attack of pelvic inflammatory disease caused by reinfection, do not use antibiotics indiscriminately to avoid causing adverse consequences such as dysbiosis.

2. Sudden lower abdominal pain

Sudden onset of lower abdominal pain often indicates an acute onset of some kind of disease, which is usually serious and can worsen or even be life-threatening if left untreated.

The main gynecological diseases that cause sudden lower abdominal pain include ectopic pregnancy and acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Ectopic pregnancy refers to pregnancy outside the uterus, of which fallopian tube pregnancy accounts for more than 95%. It is mainly caused by chronic salpingitis leading to partial adhesion or stenosis of the tubal lumen, dysplasia and abnormal function of the fallopian tube, or compression by tumors around the fallopian tube. In addition, contraceptive failure due to downward movement or position change of the intrauterine device may also cause ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy can be prevented. The most important thing is to pay attention to personal hygiene, reduce gynecological inflammation, and have regular checks on intrauterine devices. If there is salpingitis, it must be treated promptly and thoroughly. If you experience irregular vaginal bleeding 6-8 weeks after menopause, or sudden tearing pain on one side of your lower abdomen accompanied by nausea and a feeling of heaviness, you should seek medical attention immediately.

If you experience sudden and persistent pain in your lower abdomen accompanied by fever, increased vaginal discharge, or even chills, high fever, headache, etc., you are likely suffering from acute pelvic inflammatory disease. The female reproductive system is connected to the outside world through the vaginal opening, and to the pelvic and abdominal cavities through the fallopian tube openings. The female reproductive system itself has a relatively complete defense function, but when the body's immunity is low, endocrine levels change or external adverse factors destroy this defense function, the entry of foreign pathogens will induce inflammation. In addition, the vagina itself is resident with many pathogenic bacteria. When the immunity is good, everyone is safe and sound, but when the immunity is reduced, these pathogenic bacteria will stir up trouble, and some of the original resident bacteria may cause infection. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease often occurs after childbirth, miscarriage or uterine surgery. Bacteria invade the uterus through the damaged parturient, causing pelvic inflammation.

After reading the above introduction, you should have the answer to the question of what causes lower abdominal pain in women. In normal times, women should always pay attention to changes in their bodies, and once symptoms of illness appear, they should receive timely and effective treatment and control. Especially some serious gynecological diseases can be very dangerous if not treated and controlled in time.