Causes of left abdominal pain in women

We often hear some female friends around us mention the problem of left abdominal pain. Some may have regular attacks, while others may be sudden, and the degree of pain and symptoms are also different. So what exactly causes it? From the statistics and classification of clinical medicine, there are three common causes of left abdominal pain for your reference, so that you can observe them in your daily life and make corresponding treatments and adjustments.

1. Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea is divided into primary and secondary types. Primary dysmenorrhea is more common in uterine hypoplasia, stenosis of the cervical opening or cervical canal, and excessive uterine curvature, which make menstrual blood flow out poorly and cause menstrual blood retention, thereby stimulating uterine contraction and causing dysmenorrhea. Secondary dysmenorrhea is often caused by pelvic inflammation, tumors or endometriosis. Menstrual pain is a common physiological phenomenon among women. When menstruation comes, there will be varying degrees of lower abdominal pain, sometimes even accompanied by symptoms such as bloating, chills, diarrhea, and back pain.

2: Ovarian cyst torsion

Ovarian cysts are caused by the acidification of body tissue fluids. Body cells are placed in acidic body fluids, which results in a decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen in normal body cells. This causes a decrease in cell activity and a slowdown in metabolic cycles. When the amount drops to 65% of the normal value, normal cells cannot survive. However, there are also cells that actively mutate by changing their chromosomes. The cell phenotype changes, and tumor traits are expressed. These cells proliferate rapidly, thus forming a true tumor entity.

3: Corpus luteum cyst rupture

In the early stage of corpus luteum cyst formation, corpus luteum cells still exist and are rich in lipids. Only the inner layer of the cyst wall is fibrotic, and luteinized granulosa cells and theca cells can be seen, with or without blood in the cyst. In the later stage, the cyst wall is fibrotic with varying degrees of hyaline changes. Because the cyst continues to secrete progesterone, the menstrual cycle is often delayed. If the cyst ruptures, abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding may occur, which is very similar to the rupture of an ectopic pregnancy.

Therefore, through the above three causes of left abdominal pain in women, we can know that when women experience this kind of left abdominal pain, they should go to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital for examination in time if conditions permit, and let the doctor diagnose the cause. If it is routine dysmenorrhea, there is no need to panic too much. If it is caused by other gynecological diseases, then timely treatment and conditioning should be carried out to eliminate the pain as soon as possible.