Why have I been having lower abdominal pain recently?

Many women experience lower abdominal pain during menstruation, which is a normal phenomenon. However, sometimes women who are not on their menstrual period also feel pain in their lower abdomen, and many people do not understand why they experience abdominal pain. In fact, there are many reasons for abdominal pain, which require specific analysis based on the specific situation. So what exactly is causing the lower abdominal pain? The editor will explain it to you below.

Why does lower abdominal pain occur?

Lower abdominal pain and general discomfort that women experience during menstruation are mostly physiological phenomena. If the pain is severe, it is dysmenorrhea. Most cases of dysmenorrhea during adolescence are primary dysmenorrhea, which can heal itself; however, dysmenorrhea that occurs after menstruation is mostly caused by certain diseases, so you should seek medical attention early and do not use painkillers to solve the problem. This is a very common cause of lower abdominal pain.

Things to note in daily life:

The pain in the right upper abdomen is paroxysmal and colic, radiating to the right shoulder, which is mostly caused by cholecystitis and cholelithiasis.

Severe abdominal pain in the left middle part of the upper abdomen, accompanied by vomiting, persistent pain, paroxysmal aggravation, and radiating to the side of the waist should be considered as acute pancreatitis.

The pain starts in the upper abdomen and moves to the right lower abdomen after a few hours, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is mostly acute appendicitis.

If you suddenly experience lower abdominal pain and bleeding after about 6 weeks of amenorrhea, you should consider ectopic pregnancy. When women of childbearing age experience abdominal pain, gynecological acute abdomen must be considered. Paroxysmal colic in the flank or lower abdomen, radiating to the lower back, and perineum, accompanied by frequent urination and hematuria, is a ureteral stone. Abdominal pain accompanied by diarrhea should be considered as infectious diseases such as enteritis, dysentery, and cholera. Persistent abdominal pain accompanied by vomiting may be due to intestinal obstruction.

The editor here would like to remind everyone that when women experience lower abdominal pain, most of the time it is a gynecological disease, but it can also be due to internal medicine or surgical diseases. Therefore, once women experience lower abdominal pain, they must not take it lightly. They must learn to identify the causes, go to the hospital for diagnosis in time, and receive treatment as soon as possible. Thank you for reading my article.