Female lower abdominal pain below belly button

Women often feel pain in the lower abdomen below the navel, which is mostly related to gynecological diseases, such as acute appendicitis or recent gynecological inflammation, common pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, and endometritis. These are the main causes of pain in the lower abdomen below the navel. You need to go to the hospital for relevant examinations based on the symptoms of the pain.

Introduction

Lower abdominal pain is a common symptom among women, mostly caused by gynecological diseases. Various gynecological conditions should be considered based on the nature and characteristics of the lower abdominal pain. However, it is not uncommon for lower abdominal pain to be caused by genital diseases, and special attention should be paid to identification.

Identification

1. Onset of disease

2. Location of lower abdominal pain

3. Duration of lower abdominal pain

4. Location of abdominal pain radiation

5. Symptoms associated with abdominal pain

type

Acute lower abdominal pain

The onset is sudden, the pain is severe, and it is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fever, etc.

(1) Lower abdominal pain accompanied by vaginal bleeding: Whether there is a history of amenorrhea, it is often related to pathological pregnancy.

(2) Lower abdominal pain accompanied by fever: common in acute pelvic inflammatory disease, endometritis, fallopian tube-ovarian abscess or acute appendicitis cyst, etc., and can also be seen in red degeneration of uterine fibroids.

(3) Lower abdominal pain with adnexal masses: common causes include torsion or rupture of ovarian tumors or non-neoplastic ovarian cysts, and torsion of subserosal uterine myomas.

Chronic lower abdominal pain

The onset is slow, mostly with dull or dull pain, a long course, and is sometimes related to the menstrual cycle. Chronic lower abdominal pain that occurs periodically may include:

(1) Lower abdominal pain during menstruation: Progressively worsening lower abdominal pain during menstruation, sometimes accompanied by pain during sexual intercourse, which is due to endometriosis or adenomyosis. Lower abdominal pain before and after menstruation is also seen in diseases such as retroverted uterus, primary dysmenorrhea, cervical stenosis and pelvic inflammatory disease.

(2) Lower abdominal pain during menstruation: The pain is located on one side of the lower abdomen and often lasts for 3 to 4 days, and may be accompanied by a small amount of vaginal bleeding. This type of abdominal pain is called ovulation pain.

Dysmenorrhea

If you experience abdominal pain during menstruation, it may be primary dysmenorrhea or you may have endometriosis.