The lower abdomen is an area in which important vital organs, such as the liver, are located. Also, women have a reproductive system. Diseases associated with important organs can create a situation where a feeling is created that pulsates in the lower abdomen. The discomfort can be so strong that the young lady does not have the opportunity to lead a familiar lifestyle. Doctors advise taking care of your health and not starting a disease. Regularly undergoing examinations, you can avoid the development of ailments that adversely affect the body.
Who is prone to stomach ailments?
Throbbing pain in the lower abdomen affects in most cases the weaker sex. According to statistics, they are much more likely to encounter a similar problem than men or children. The explanation is simple: due to the physiological features of the structure, the female body is more prone to malaise, in which the lower abdomen pulsates. But this does not mean at all that the disease in men and children can be less serious than in girls.
Often, cutting in the abdomen simply paralyzes people. They do not want to see doctors. Instead of effective treatment, pain medications are started. But people forget that analgesics can only cope with symptoms, but not with the cause of discomfort. Such drugs do not eliminate the focus of pain. Doctors distinguish two pronounced subspecies of pain in women. Firstly, it is an acute and sharp pain in the lower abdomen. Secondly, not strong, but pulling and aching.
Causes
In patients, the malaise, in which the lower abdomen pulsates, is often associated with problems in gynecology. Typically, these problems are directly related to critical days or pregnancy. The physician must determine if the ailment poses a danger to the patient's life. After all, discomfort can be a consequence of more serious problems than the approaching menstruation:
- Acute pain with severe pain accompanies diseases such as internal bleeding, peritonitis. In such situations, the patient needs quick surgical intervention.
- Pain, characterized by rhythmicity and pulsation, is referred to as genital ailments. Often they appear with pressure problems.
- Permanent, aching pain occurs when there are problems with the blood supply to the uterine capsule.
- Deaf pain can cause inflammation of the internal organs: ovaries or cervix.
In addition, the ailments in which the lower abdomen pulsates in women appear for several main reasons:
- Ectopic pregnancy. In women, the lower abdomen pulsates on the right at the very beginning of the first trimester. Such pain appears in cases where the patient has narrowed tubes. The egg cannot reach the uterus. Therefore, implantation begins right in the tube. Over time, the egg shell destroys it - there is pain in the lower abdomen. Treatment is only possible with surgery.
- Ovarian hemorrhage . Apoplexy occurs when a rupture of a follicle with an egg occurs. The treatment is only operational.
- Twisting the legs of the ovarian cyst. When this happens, the outflow of venous blood stops. But at the same time, the inflow remains the same. The cyst expands and fuses with the nearest organs. Ailments in the abdomen are manifested after intercourse or physical exertion.
- Uterine appendage infection. The infection process develops after the birth of a child or medical intervention in pregnancy. At first, the stomach pulls slightly. But then the infection spreads throughout the small pelvis. Even the lightest touch of the pulsating zone brings pain.
Pain is a symptom of another disease.
Women more often than others complain of pain that pulsates in the lower abdomen on the left or on the other hand. Unpleasant sensations tend to move to other parts of the body, such as the back. Sometimes, even after medical intervention, a woman continues to feel phantom ailments.
To accurately determine the diagnosis, the gynecologist must remember the level of sensitivity of the patient, while determining the strength of the pain. Ailments in the stomach become a symptom:
- Genital bleeding.
- Pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Gastrointestinal ailments.
- Internal bleeding.
- Pathology of the urinary tract.
The effect of abortion on lower abdominal pain
Another reason pulsating in the lower abdomen is the consequences of abortion. After the procedure, malaise in this area may pass, or may intensify due to the remains of the ovum, infections and complications. Medical abortion is a process that should be monitored by a physician. A week after taking the pills, the woman needs to contact the gynecologist again in order to undergo an ultrasound again and to identify deviations at an early stage.
About 5% of girls doing this procedure become victims of incomplete medical abortion. Most often this is the fault of the women themselves. They do not pay attention to the recommendations of the doctor and do not visit the gynecologist for the third time. Moreover, the development of infection is characterized by pain in the abdomen, bleeding, fever, purulent discharge from the vagina.
Pulsations in the abdomen during pregnancy
In women, the lower abdomen pulsates during pregnancy for several reasons:
- Ectopic pregnancy. In this case, the pain can spread only to one side. Sometimes it can be bilateral.
- Miscarriage. In pregnant women, abdominal pain and bleeding are a sign of spontaneous abortion.
- Premature birth. Pulsating pain in the abdomen in late pregnancy can be caused by contractions and cervical dilatation.
- Detachment of the placenta. Sometimes in pregnant women, the placenta exfoliates before birth. Most often this occurs due to trauma in the abdomen.
- Rupture of the uterus. At 30-35 weeks of pregnancy, the maximum stretching of the organ. During this period, in the presence of pathologies or scar, rupture of the uterus and premature birth can occur.
Lower abdominal pain and other diseases
Often, lower abdominal pain can be a symptom of another disease:
- Discomfort occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle. This type of pain may be normal for women.
- Unpleasant sensations are possible with disease and ovarian twisting, apoplexy, benign and malignant formations. Pain in the lower abdomen occurs due to ischemia.
- Inflammation. Pain in the lower abdomen, accompanied by discharge from the genitals, is a symptom of sexually transmitted infections.
- Appendicitis. When pain in the abdomen cannot be localized, and it is characterized by a gradual increase, then the likelihood of developing appendicitis is high.
The occurrence of pain and sexual intercourse
Women may experience a pulsation in the lower abdomen after an act of intercourse. The following factors influence this: rupture of a cyst, ovary, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, acute anemia, trauma, genital tract infection, cervicitis, vaginitis, erosion and polyps, cervical cancer.
Chronic abdominal pain
Doctors say: sometimes this type of malaise is not a consequence of disease. So, algodismenorrhea, or pain during critical days, is cyclical. She is chronic and familiar to some women. Pain also occurs when ovulation occurs. Throbbing malaise sometimes goes to the lower back and hips. The first foci of discomfort also appear on the first day of menstruation. Their duration is no more than two days.
But, unfortunately, as practice shows, pain in the lower abdomen in women most often occurs under the influence of diseases from the field of gynecology. Doctors advise patients not to delay visiting a doctor, especially if the malaise occurs during pregnancy. Gynecologists note that the treatment of pain at home can cause the development of pathologies and lead to death.