Causes of dull pain in the left lower abdomen of women

A dull pain in the left lower abdomen is a common phenomenon in life. Many people have experienced this phenomenon. When a dull pain in the left lower abdomen occurs, don’t think that you can just endure it and don’t take it seriously. The patient should go to the hospital for examination immediately. After all, there are many reasons for the dull pain in the left lower abdomen. Especially when some women experience this phenomenon, it is likely that they have some disease in their body.

1. Chronic left lower abdominal pain

There are many causes, and it is often accompanied by lumbar pain and increased vaginal discharge. It is common in chronic inflammation of the reproductive organs, endometriosis, adenomyosis, pelvic congestion and psychological pelvic pain.

Chronic genital inflammation

Women suffer from long-term lumbar and sacral pain and lower abdominal pain, which worsens after sex and during the menstrual cycle. It is often accompanied by increased leucorrhea, which is mostly caused by chronic cervicitis. If you experience long-term lower abdominal distension, pain, and lumbar pain that worsens after fatigue, sex, or before and after the menstrual cycle, and are often accompanied by menstrual cycle disorders and fatigue, it is mostly caused by chronic pelvic inflammation.

Dysmenorrhea

There are two types of dysmenorrhea: primary and secondary. Primary pain often occurs in adolescent girls for unclear reasons. It usually heals itself as you age or after getting married and having children. Common causes of secondary pain are endometriosis and adenomyosis.

Tumor pain

When gynecological malignancies progress to the late stage, unbearable and intractable pain may occur. Dull pain in the left lower abdomen is often accompanied by pain in the lumbar region, and the pain often radiates to the lower limbs.

2. Pain in the left lower abdomen caused by acute inflammation

Including acute uterine inflammation, acute salpingo-oophoritis, pelvic peritonitis and acute pelvic cellulitis. It is also seen in sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea. This type of sexually transmitted disease includes gonococcal infection and chlamydia infection, which often recur and can cause fallopian tube pyosalpinx in severe cases.

3. Non-inflammatory left lower abdominal pain

Common causes include ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cyst pedicle torsion and rupture.

1. Intra-abdominal bleeding caused by ectopic pregnancy. The pain symptoms vary depending on the amount and speed of bleeding.

2. Ovarian cyst pedicle torsion. When the pedicle of an ovarian cyst twists, pain suddenly occurs on one side of the lower abdomen, which is persistent colic, often accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

In addition, ovarian cysts may rupture, and the contents of the ruptured cysts may irritate the peritoneum and cause pain.