The female body can respond to disruptions in health status by pulling pains in the lower abdomen. True, this is not always a sign of the onset of any disease, but nevertheless it requires a mandatory visit to a doctor to examine and identify the cause of the unpleasant symptom.
So why pulls the lower abdomen, as with menstruation? Are the diseases of internal organs or pregnancy always the cause of these pains? We will consider the situation in more detail.
Pulls the lower abdomen both during menstruation and after them
To say that for many pulling pains can be a sign of impending menstruation is probably not worth it. We can only clarify that such problems are characteristic mainly of nulliparous women. The aching lower back, headache, weakness, swelling, mood changes - often these are clear signs of PMS, also join this symptom. Women are familiar with them perfectly and, as a rule, know the means to improve their condition.
By the way, even after menstruation this unpleasant symptom can also be observed. This is due to hormonal imbalance. The prevalence of prostaglandins leads to the appearance in the female body of painful sensations both during and after menstruation. Headaches, nausea, excessive sweating, and sometimes vomiting are often added to them.
Pulls the lower abdomen, as with menstruation, with inflammatory processes
But these pains can also signal inflammation, a violation of the blood supply or, for example, stretching of a capsule of an internal organ in a woman.
- For example, with apoplexy (hemorrhage) in the ovaries, it begins to hurt in the lower back and lower abdomen. With menstruation, symptoms intensify, spreading to the rectum. To this is added nausea, vomiting, and sometimes loss of consciousness.
- With inflammation of the appendages, pain, initially minor, intensifies and, in the absence of adequate medical care, inflammation can lead to peritonitis.
- But if the lower abdomen is pulled, the menstruation has passed recently, and the pain, starting at the navel, goes down lower, then most likely you have inflammation of the appendix. It makes itself felt quite often in this way, and not with "classic" spasms in the right side.
- The described sensation can also be caused by ovarian cysts, urolithiasis, cystitis, pelvic tumors, hernias, and other diseases.
As you know, all these situations require immediate medical examination and help, so it is simply unreasonable to delay a visit to a specialist.
Delayed menstruation, pulling the lower abdomen - what is it?
The delay in the onset of menstruation with the symptom discussed in addition will alert the woman, since the main reason for this, as a rule, is the onset of pregnancy.
During the fertilization of the egg and at the time of its attachment, uncomfortable sensations may appear in the uterine cavity. But pay attention: it is uncomfortable, not pronounced pulling pains. If there is also an ache in the lumbar region, dizziness, blurred consciousness, profuse grayish discharge from the vagina - these are signs of a possible miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.
From all of the above, one can make an unambiguous conclusion: if the lower abdomen is pulled, as with menstruation, then this must definitely make the woman consult a doctor. After all, the causes that caused the pain can be not only serious, but even dangerous! Therefore, do not pull, do not wait for the end of the next painful attack - your health is in your hands!