Doctors say that abdominal pain left side can signal about a disease of certain organs. However, it may occur due to many reasons. It is difficult to determine immediately what has caused the complaints due to the following fact. There are a lot of different organs in the abdominal cavity. When you feel pain, you may think that it’s one of them. But you can’t be sure which one.
Abdominal pain may have different origins. Abdomen is not a single organ like heart or liver. The abdomen is filled with many different organs, tissues, structures, etc. You should always pay attention to pain in the side. This pain may be the first symptom of certain disease. If pain in the side lasts for over 30 minutes, you have to call a doctor or go to the hospital. In some cases a person should be provided with immediate medical assistance.
You feel abdominal pain left side because of disease affecting organs in the left of the abdomen:
- Left fallopian tube
- Left kidney
- Left edge of the liver
- Sigmoid colon
- The stomach
- The spleen
- Left ureter
- Left adrenal gland
- The descending colon
Abdominal pain left side may alert about a vast number of diseases:
- Typhoid fever
- Gastritis
- Constipation
- Porphyria
- Bowel tumour
- Endometrosis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Crohns disease
- Stomach ulcer
- Hereditary angioedema
- Irritable bowel syndrome
The above mentioned list is not complete. We may continue it with the following most common diseases.
KIDNEY INFECTIONS AND CYSTITIS
You may feel severe abdominal pain left side in case of cystitis, glomerulonephritis or pyelonephritis - common kidney infections. Cystitis is a urinary tract disease accompanied with an inflammation of the bladder wall. Women suffer from cystitis more often than man because of female body anatomical features.
DIVERTICULITIS
Abdominal pain left side can alert about diverticulitis. It’s a protrusion of the intestinal wall that may be located in the small gut or in the colon. Diverticulitis is a serious pathology that has rapid progressive course and is dangerous due to peritonitis and hemorrhage. Typically, treatment of diverticulitis is conducted in the hospital.
COLON CANCER
Abdominal pain in men may be a symptom of colon cancer. Colon cancer is a malignant tumor that grows out of the mucous membrane. In most cases, the tumor is located in the sigmoid colon, rectum or blind. The best treatment for colon cancer is surgical that is accompanied with radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
KIDNEY STONES
One of the main causes for lower abdominal pain left side is kidney stones – hard, mineral and acid salts deposits. They are formed because of metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, genetic predisposition and as a result of bile stagnation. Those may have kidney stones who lead sedentary lifestyle, prone to obesity or suffer from hypothyroidism and diabetes. Severe pain is felt at the moment when kidney stones are passing out of the body. Phytotherapy and psychotherapy are the best treatment in this case. By combining these methods stones gradually go out of your body (often painless).
Abdominal pain left side lower during pregnancy, especially during the first twelve weeks often alert about a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. If a woman feels cramps similar to menstrual cramps that are accompanied with vaginal bleeding, it’s an indication of miscarriage. If bleeding is profuse with clots, there is a chance of spontaneous abortion. Abdominal pain on the left side is often caused by constipation. Hormones and pressure from the growing uterus contribute to constipation. Heartburn and gastritis are additional causes of abdominal pain during pregnancy.