Female left lower abdominal pain

There are many reasons why women experience intermittent pain in the left lower abdomen. It may be tumor pain, or it may be a symptom of chronic genital inflammation or acute enteritis. Therefore, when women experience intermittent pain in the left lower abdomen, they should check the cause of the disease. Women's left lower abdominal pain can be divided into physiological factors and pathological factors. Physiological factors can recover automatically, while pathological factors need to be treated with medication.

Causes of dull pain in the lower abdomen

1. 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. Chronic inflammation of genitals

Women suffer from long-term lumbar and sacral 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.

3. Dysmenorrhea

There are two types of dysmenorrhea: primary and secondary. 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.

4. Acute enteritis

If you have cramping pain in your lower abdomen, accompanied by dizziness, bloating, persistent diarrhea or constipation, it may be acute enteritis, in which large intestine dysfunction causes extreme sensitivity of the nerves and muscles. 20% of the population suffers from sensitive bowel syndrome, 65% of whom are women. Bathing can effectively relieve pain, dizziness, bloating, persistent diarrhea or constipation. In this case, it is recommended to see a doctor who specializes in digestive problems for a comprehensive checkup.

5. Interstitial cystitis

If you have pain in the middle of your lower abdomen and have discomfort and frequent urination, you may have interstitial cystitis, an inflammation of your urinary tract that causes your bladder to swell. There may be lesions in the inner wall of a woman's bladder, which stimulates the central nervous system in the brain to produce a urination response. Pain near the pubic bone that worsens when you try to urinate. Frequent urination (at least once an hour during the day and multiple times at night) and sharp pain during intercourse.

Tips to warm your abdomen

1. Ginger and brown sugar water

Drinking old ginger and brown sugar water every morning to drive away the cold and warm the body, promote kidney yang and warm the spleen and stomach, which is very helpful for the small intestine to digest breakfast food and meet the body's daily nutrient energy supply.

2. Fumigation

The whole body is fumigated with positive plants such as Thai turmeric and lemongrass. These aromatic herbs not only warm the meridians in the abdomen through hot air fumigation, but also warm the Dantian to promote stagnant blood and metabolize toxins, while also warming the stomach and promoting absorption in the small intestine.

3. Moxibustion

Use moxa to moxibustion the Qihai point (a strengthening point), Shenque point (a point where cold easily accumulates), Guanyuan point (a point that warms the Dantian), and Baliao point for 15 minutes. For severe uterine coldness, moxibustion on the Shenque point with ginger can enhance the effect.

4. Bellyband and warm baby

Wearing a bellyband can warm your abdomen and your whole body will be warm. When it is very cold, sticking a heat pack on your abdomen and lower back is equivalent to applying a hot compress to your abdomen at any time.