Pregnant women’s stomach pain may be caused by the enlarged uterus, preeclampsia, ectopic pregnancy, uterine contractions, acute enteritis and other factors.
1. Enlargement of the uterus: the uterus in early pregnancy will stimulate the bones due to the growth of the fetus, thus causing a slight pulling pain in the abdomen.
2. Pre-eclampsia: In early pregnancy the level of progesterone in the body is low, the sensitivity of the uterus increases, and stress or over-fatigue can cause hormonal disorders in the body, stimulating the contraction of the uterine lining, which results in abdominal pain as well as the symptom of vaginal bleeding.
3. Ectopic pregnancy: in the early stages of pregnancy, the fallopian tube does not transport the fertilized egg back to the uterus, the fertilized egg will be in the fallopian tube bed, when the fertilized egg with time slowly grows large fallopian tube will burst, resulting in pregnant women abdominal pain, hemorrhage, and even shock situation occurs.
4. Uterine contractions: in the late stages of pregnancy when labor is approaching, the uterus will experience regular contractions, as time goes by the uterine contraction frequency increases, the abdomen will appear tight pain accompanied by redness, water breakage and so on.
5. Acute gastroenteritis: when a pregnant woman ingests cold and unclean food, it can lead to gastrointestinal tract bacterial and parasitic infections triggering acute gastroenteritis, resulting in abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms.
Clinical when pregnant women with stomach pain should be timely to the hospital to check the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor for relief.