What causes pain in the lower left side of the abdomen?

I don’t know if you have ever had this experience: suddenly you feel a lot of pain in the left side of your abdomen. I believe that many people will encounter this situation. Sometimes the pain comes in waves, and sometimes it goes away after a while. If you are always in pain, it could be a sign of illness. At this time, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible for relevant examinations to prevent any major hidden diseases.

However, there are many reasons for pain in the lower left side of the abdomen, and the situation is very complicated. Moreover, regardless of gender, age or status, anyone may experience pain in the lower left side of the abdomen. Therefore, we will analyze the causes of pain here, hoping it will be helpful to everyone.

Abdominal pain such as distension, cramping, drilling pain, dull pain and burning pain all fall into the category of abdominal pain and is a common clinical symptom. According to the rapidity of onset, abdominal pain can be divided into acute abdominal pain and chronic abdominal pain. Acute abdominal pain comes on suddenly, changes rapidly, and the condition is serious. The causes are complex and the localization is often not very accurate; chronic abdominal pain has a slow onset, a long course, or occurs secondary to acute abdominal pain, and the localization is accurate.

Acute abdominal pain is caused by many reasons. According to the location of the lesion, it can be roughly divided into the following situations:

① Organ inflammation - common in acute gastritis, acute enteritis, acute hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, acute appendicitis, acute peritonitis and acute pyelonephritis, etc.

② Organ perforation - common in gastric and duodenal ulcer perforation, gastric cancer perforation and intestinal perforation.

③ Organ obstruction or torsion - common in gastric mucosal prolapse, acute intestinal obstruction, biliary ascariasis, gallstones, kidney and ureteral stones, and ovarian cyst pedicle torsion.

④ Organ rupture and bleeding - common in liver and spleen rupture, ectopic pregnancy, etc.

⑤ Organ vascular diseases - common in mesenteric artery sclerosis and infarction, portal vein thrombosis, splenic infarction, renal infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and dissecting aortic aneurysm, etc.

The above introduces some reasons for pain in the lower left side of the abdomen. You may regret it after reading it and be curious that a small abdominal pain can cause such a big problem. Therefore, if you find yourself experiencing long-term abdominal pain, you must take it seriously, because it may be a sign of illness.