Pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen can occur for various reasons. Many diseases, as well as various inflammatory processes in the abdominal cavity, cause sensations from discomfort to terrible, aching pain.
Cutting pains in the lower abdomen
If you feel severe stitching pain or discomfort in the lower abdomen, then this may be:
- Lead poisoning ;
- In diabetics, such sensations occur before the onset of coma;
- With impaired lipid metabolism, that is, fats;
- With porphyritic disease.
Pain in the abdomen in both women and men is often misleading. It happens that the pain does not concentrate at all in the place where the organs are affected and inflammation proceeds. At first, most diseases are manifested by a sensation of pain in the entire abdominal region, but only after some time, unpleasant sensations in the lower abdomen appear in only one area.
It is difficult for a doctor to determine the disease without an urine and blood test at the initial examination. When cutting pains occur in the lower abdomen in women, these may be the first signs of an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage at an early stage, and this also occurs with inflammation of the appendages and urogenital organs.
When pain occurs, it is important to determine its nature. Pain can be expressed by contractions, colic, various spasms, as well as pain, which increases more and more over time. Unpleasant sensations in the lower abdomen can be prevented if you undergo a medical examination in time and take all the necessary medications for various diseases. And also protect your body from hypothermia, overheating and poisoning, eat fresh and high-quality products.
Diseases and causes of abdominal pain in men and women:
- Inflammation of the internal organs that are located in the peritoneum. The fluid that forms as a result of inflammation gets into nearby tissues, causing pain.
- Acute inflammation of female reproductive organs. Pain in women can also occur after a medical examination due to mechanical effects on the tissue.
- Specific female pain occurs with ovulation.
- With bowel obstruction.
- Genitourinary diseases.
- Stones in the kidneys.
- Kidney inflammation.
- Urinary retention in men is often accompanied by severe pain.
- Inflammation of the appendix is characterized by pain on the right side of the navel. Then, gradually the pain goes down. With this pain comes vomiting, fever, chills, loss of appetite.
- Another reason that can cause pain in the lower abdomen is pinching a hernia. The place of protrusion of the hernia and around this place can also be accompanied by severe pain. Most often, doctors rarely make this diagnosis, since they do not examine the places where hernias are most often formed.
- Often, cramps and pain in the lower abdomen can cause renal and hepatic colic.
Where should I go to find out why the lower abdomen hurts? First of all, you need to go to such specialists as a gastroenterologist, urologist, proctologist, surgeon, gynecologist, andrologist. But if the pain is so severe that you cannot even get out of bed, it is best to call an ambulance team. To avoid such situations it is important to eat right, monitor your health and seek medical help on time. In no case do not self-medicate, this is fraught with deterioration, up to serious health consequences, for example, the removal of one of the important organs - the pancreas, gall bladder, kidney, part of the liver, part of the intestine and so on. Sometimes a little pain develops into a serious problem. Know, if you start up even the smallest disease, it can develop and cause damage to neighboring organs, even death.