What is the pain in the lower left abdomen?

Women are prone to abdominal pain, especially during their menstrual period. There are many factors that cause abdominal pain, and different factors have different effects. When women experience this situation, they should take effective measures to treat it to avoid causing greater impact on their health. So, what is the cause of pain in the lower left abdomen? Let’s take a closer look at it below.

1. Ovulation abdominal pain

When adolescent girls ovulate, the follicle ruptures and the follicular fluid may have a certain stimulating effect on the peritoneum, so they sometimes experience slight abdominal pain that alternates between the left and right sides once a month. This is physiological, and the symptoms are mostly unilateral lower abdominal pain, dull pain or heaviness-like pain. Some girls also have a small amount of vaginal bleeding, that is, bleeding during ovulation, which usually disappears on its own after one or two days, and generally does not exceed seven days. This type of abdominal pain usually does not cause any pathological changes, and gynecological examination is completely normal. It is physiological abdominal pain and generally does not require treatment.

2. Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea is divided into primary and secondary dysmenorrhea. Primary pain is often seen in adolescent girls. It is related to the level of prostaglandins in the body, cold, emotional and psychological factors, but there is no organic disease. It can generally heal itself with age or after marriage and childbirth. Secondary pain is often caused by endometriosis and adenomyosis. The symptoms include gradually increasing pain, often in a cyclical pattern, or dull pain in the lower abdomen during non-menstrual periods that worsens before and after menstruation. In addition, it is often accompanied by infertility and menstrual cycle disorders, which often require drug treatment.

3. Ovarian Corpus Luteum Rupture

This is caused by excessive bleeding in the corpus luteum, accompanied by sudden onset of abdominal pain in the lower abdomen or one side, and in severe cases, shock may occur. Most cases of ovarian corpus luteum rupture occur between days 0 and 26 of the menstrual cycle, and lower abdominal pain may occur with varying degrees of severity.

The above is an introduction to what causes pain in the lower left abdomen. I hope it will be helpful for women. There are many factors that cause pain in the lower left abdomen, which are all common factors in our lives. When this happens, we must actively look for the cause and then take effective measures to treat it to avoid causing greater harm to our health.