Lower abdominal pain during intercourse

The sex life of a normal couple should be happy and fulfilling. Apart from feeling a little tired after sex, there should be no other symptoms. However, many women often experience lower abdominal distension and pain after intercourse. This symptom can be considered physiological, because the movement is too intense or stimulating. If there is frequent lower abdominal pain after intercourse and the sex life has been harmonious, pathological factors should be considered and timely examination is needed.

What causes lower abdominal pain after sex?

Some women feel lower abdominal pain after intercourse. What causes lower abdominal pain after intercourse? The causes of lower abdominal pain after intercourse can be divided into physiological factors and pathological factors. Lower abdominal pain after physiological intercourse is a normal phenomenon and will disappear after a short rest. If lower abdominal pain occurs frequently during intercourse, it may be caused by pathological factors, including cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc. The specific causes of lower abdominal pain after intercourse are:

1. Physiological factors:

(1) Female physiological structure: The base of the female urethra and bladder is very close to the vagina, and the pelvic organs such as the uterus and its appendages are even closer to the vagina. These female organs are easily stimulated by external pressure and biological factors. During sexual intercourse, the male's penis twitches violently, which can cause strong stimulation to the female's vagina, abdominal cavity, and pelvic organs, causing the female to breathe rapidly and her entire body to contract involuntarily, especially during orgasm. This phenomenon is more obvious. In fact, this process will also cause pain, but because the attention is not on the pain, the pain is not felt obviously, and the lower abdominal pain is felt after intercourse. However, for most women, the pain will be relieved on its own shortly after the end of sexual intercourse.

(2) Excessive force and squeezing by the man during sexual intercourse: During sexual intercourse, if the man uses excessive force or the squeezing is too strong, or the body position is incorrect, it is easy to increase the abdominal pressure of the woman, affect the movement of the intestine, squeeze the uterus, rectum, and bladder by gravity, and sometimes reverse peristalsis may occur, which manifests as paroxysmal abdominal pain.

(3) Abdomen gets cold after sex: Some couples do not keep warm after sex. Because they often feel hot during sex, they like to use air conditioning or fans to cool down after sex. For women, getting cold in the lower abdomen can easily cause paroxysmal lower abdominal pain.

(4) Abdominal pain due to semen allergy: Some women are allergic to semen. If they do not take proper contraceptive measures during intercourse, semen will enter the female body and may induce lower abdominal pain during intercourse, or other allergic symptoms such as vomiting and migratory joint pain.

2. Pathological factors:

(1) Gynecological inflammation: Lower abdominal pain after sexual intercourse may be caused by gynecological inflammation, such as cervicitis, adnexitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc. Under the stimulation of sexual intercourse, it is easy to cause the female's uterine cervix to contract during orgasm. Sometimes because the man's movements are too violent, the penis is pumping too fast and with too much amplitude, or because the penis is inserted too deeply, the penis hits the diseased area and causes lower abdominal pain, and sometimes a small amount of vaginal bleeding. This type of lower abdominal pain lasts for a long time and does not disappear when sexual intercourse ends.

(2) Corpus luteum rupture: If lower abdominal pain occurs suddenly and is severe during sexual intercourse, it may be caused by a rupture of the corpus luteum. During sexual intercourse, if the mature follicles and corpus luteum are squeezed and vibrated, sudden severe pain and abdominal bleeding may occur. If this happens, you should seek medical attention immediately.