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What Causes Severe Pain In The Lower Abdomen?
I am a woman and 62 years old in June. I am strong and healthy. I woke up today with a vague throbbing pain in my lower abdomen...now many hours later it is painful and throbbing constantly. It is in the far lower right side almost like where I would think my ovaries are. I have always had an irregularity problem and I take Miralax about every other day and lately my bowel movements are with large painful stools. All is normal as far as color. Last night it was very large. I only say that because for some reason I am calculating this into my symptoms. I eat very healthy daily, lots of fiber, fruits vegetables little meat but attended a birthday party last night with lots of different foods and did overindulge. I was very active yesterday moving heavy furniture and cleaning for the party. I am pretty well physically fit but I remember now some excessive lifting. I am not nauseated but the pain is increasing. Thank you for any thoughts you might have right off.
Tue, 16 May 2017
The pain in the right lower abdomen could be due to many things. It might arise from any organ located in the right lower area, even muscles or referred pain from the back. One important thing I would love to ask you is If you have fever.
From the intestines it could be appendicitis which is the inflammation of the appendix
From ovaries it could be infection, cyst, torsion
From infection of the genital organs commonly called PID pelvic inflammatory disease
From the back, you could have hurt yourself with lifting and might have hurt your back and then the pain could be referred to the right lower area and yet the problem is in the back
From muscles, from lifting some of your muscles in the back or abdominal muscles could have been overused and just giving you that pain.
From the urogenital organs it could be cystitis, it could be inflammation of kidneys, etc.
If I was your doctor, I could ask about fever, about vaginal discharge, about back pain, about pain on passing urine or pain in the right flank.
From the intestines it could be appendicitis which is the inflammation of the appendix
From ovaries it could be infection, cyst, torsion
From infection of the genital organs commonly called PID pelvic inflammatory disease
From the back, you could have hurt yourself with lifting and might have hurt your back and then the pain could be referred to the right lower area and yet the problem is in the back
From muscles, from lifting some of your muscles in the back or abdominal muscles could have been overused and just giving you that pain.
From the urogenital organs it could be cystitis, it could be inflammation of kidneys, etc.
If I was your doctor, I could ask about fever, about vaginal discharge, about back pain, about pain on passing urine or pain in the right flank.
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