“Maintain Your Optimal Health by Keeping Tabs on Stomach Pain Concerns”

Men and women have different symptoms  when it comes to Left Abdomen Pain.  Simply due to the reproductive organs. The overall treatment can be completely different for either male or female.  Acute discomfort located in the left side of the abdomen can have various diagnosis.

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Left Abdomen Pain is defined as pain occurring in the abdomen on the Left side or “flank” of the stomach region.  If you were to draw an imaginary line from the center of the chest through the umbilicus or belly button to the top of the genitalia this would be considered left or right side of the abdominals.

Any disease process affecting organs or structures on the left side of the abdomen can cause pain there.  Left side abdominal pain can also result from organs or structures far removed from the abdomen or near it, or even from pain spreading from other part of the abdomen.  In a few individuals, their appendix, and all other structures found normally on the right side of the body could be on the left, in a medical condition called Situs Invertus.

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Causes of lower Left Abdomen Pain include:

• COLON
  • Constipation
  • Trapped gas in the left part of the transverse colon (splenic flexure syndrome)
  • The so-called irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Diverticulitis – inflammation of the last part of the colon (sigma)
  • Diverticulosis - noninflamed pouches in the colonic wall
  • Clostridium difficile infection after antibiotic treatment (C-Diff)
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis
  • Ischemic or microscopic colitis
  • Colorectal polyps, or cancer
  • Volvulus of sigmoid colon
• APPENDIX
  • Appendicitis usually causes right lower but sometimes left lower abdominal pain.
• FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
  • Ovulation (mid-cycle pain, Mittleschmerz)
  • Gonorrhea
  • Twisted or ruptured ovarian cyst
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
  • Endometritis (inflammation of uteral endometrium)
  • Miscarriage
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome – PCOS
• MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
  • Spermatic cord disorders
  • Testes disorders
  • Gonorrhea
• ABDOMINAL MEMBRANE (PERITONEUM)
  • Endometriosis
  • Fibroids
  • Fibroma
• ABDOMINAL VESSELS
  • Aneurism of abdominal aorta
  • Atherosclerosis or embolism of mesenteric arteries
  • Hereditary angioedema
  • Henoch-Schönlein-purpura
• BLOOD
  • Porphyria
  • Sickle Cell Disease
• ABDOMINAL MUSCLES
  • Hard exercise
  • Blow
  • Rectus sheath hematoma
  • Absces in psoas muscle
  • Intestinal hernia
• SKIN
  • Herpes zoster
  • Dermatitis
• OTHER
  • Bowel obstruction
  • Pelvic adhesions

When Left Abdomen Pain comes on quickly or occurs periodically over a longer period, it is often best to move quickly and make a diagnosis while symptoms are still present. The more serious the problem, the greater the urgency.

Warning! Please keep in mind that the information contained within this site is not professional medical
advice, and should not be used as a substitute for such information. If you are concerned about Abdominal Pain Causes or the potential risk(s) they pose, or the other medical situation(s) mentioned, then contact someone who is qualified in this area, such as a licensed doctor or other medical professional(s).

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