Possible causes of left-sided lower abdominal pain include irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory diseases of the left pelvis in women, and colon cancer.
1. Irritable bowel syndrome: Irritable bowel syndrome is a kind of functional gastrointestinal disease, patients do not have gastrointestinal tract organic lesions, which may be related to abnormal gastrointestinal tract dynamics, infections, mental and psychological factors. Patients mainly manifest chronic abdominal pain, mostly located in the left lower abdomen, relieved after defecation or evacuation, accompanied by defecation habits and abnormal fecal character.
2. Ulcerative colitis: ulcerative colitis is a kind of inflammatory bowel disease, with recurrent abdominal pain, diarrhea and mucus, pus and blood stools as the main symptoms, the onset and remission of the repeated alternation, the majority of patients with a very long course of the disease, prolonged.
3. Inflammatory diseases of the left pelvic cavity of women: including left salpingitis, ovaritis, pelvic peritonitis and other diseases, can cause hidden pain in the left lower abdomen.
4. Colon cancer: at the early stage of left colon cancer, there may be discomfort, abdominal distension and hidden pain in the left lower abdomen, accompanied by changes in defecation habit and fecal character. As early symptoms have no obvious specificity, it is easy to be ignored.
The above are only some of the common causes. When persistent pain in left lower abdomen occurs, patients are advised to go to hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause and treat accordingly without delay so as to avoid aggravation of the condition.