Sore lower back and lower abdomen in women: causes, treatment

In women lower back and lower stomach hurts more often than men. The reasons may be diverse, ranging from back problems to gynecological infections. To take care of your health, visit the doctor – only he will establish the correct diagnosis.

Menstruation

If the position of the uterus are genetically a bit toward the back, it can exert pressure on nervous tissue. It causes pain in the abdomen and lower back in women. Menstruation causes contraction of uterine muscles. Many women are so sensitive that such reduction will cause them pain. Over the years the level of female hormones decreases, and in fact it is something natural for the pain. Thus, even stronger nerves react to pressure and muscle contractions.

Whining in the lower back may be because you are changing the fluid level in the female body. He's not leaving the body in the required amount, therefore, tissue swelling, and pressure on nerves increases.

When the pain becomes too strong, or not give to sleep, cause nausea and loss of appetite, go see a doctor. Best this role will suit an endocrinologist and a gynecologist.

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It is likely that you have a problem with the thyroid that ceases to maintain normal for your age hormones.

To escape from the pain in lower back and stomach during menstruation, many women take painkillers and antispasmodics. But the treatment is only symptomatic, and whether you want to stuff yourself with unnecessary drugs if the pain in your case is a normal symptom? It's you and your doctor.

If you want to avoid pain in the next month, get preventive methods. Complete all pre-designated doctor studies to exclude inflammatory and infectious diseases. Prevention includes physical therapy, massage.

Gynecological diseases

Sometimes, pain in the lumbar region and lower abdomen in a woman and out of the monthly cycle. The reasons may be varied, and that to exclude them, would need to undergo a gynaecological examination:

• Pain on one side indicate inflammation or rupture of the ovary;
• The inflammatory lesion in the uterine, vaginal area, fallopian tubes;
• If the symptoms occurs after an abortion may uterine the area was not completely cleared;
• Had the cyst or tumor, benign or malignant;
• STDs and inflammation based on them. Accompanying symptom is bleeding from the vagina after sexual intercourse;
• Uterine cancer.

Vaginismus

It is a disease in which the girl are not able to have sexual intercourse. Her vaginal and pelvic muscles creates a strong painful cramps involving the lower back and abdomen. As a result, the introduction of the penis is impossible due to the fact that the vagina becoming too narrow. Vaginismus usually develops seizures before possible sexual intercourse, and hurts at other times.

The causes of the disease are the following:

• The fear of men and sexual intercourse;
• Vaginal pain;
• The hysterical condition;
• Traumatic injuries of the female organs.

Pregnancy

During pregnancy the abdomen and lumbar region is often sick spazmiruet for the following reasons:

• The risk of miscarriage or early births;
• Diseases of the digestive system;
• The development of the embryo outside the uterus.

But in most cases such pain is an inevitable consequence of changes in the body pregnant women. Bones and ligaments become soft, stretched, and rapidly growing uterus puts pressure on the sacrum.

Appendicitis

This symptom is pain in the lower back and bottom of the abdomen may indicate appendicitis. In addition, in most cases, inflammation of the Appendix manifesting itself in the following ways:

• Much ache right under the ribs;
• Occur spasms of the abdominal muscles;
• Sick and vomiting without relief;
• Fever;
• Observed sweating.

Appendicitis in women are harder to diagnose. Pelvic organs are positioned such that an inexperienced diagnostician will easily confuse them with a pain syndromeappendicitis.

Especially hard to diagnose appendicitis during pregnancy when all the organs of the abdominal cavity changed his position. While expectant mothers often complain of a large number of different pain, and not always immediately notice the symptoms of appendicitis. And other manifestations of appendicitis and so has become common for pregnant women vomit, tears .

In the diagnosis of appendicitis in this situation is to focus not on the nature of the pain syndrome. The greatest attention to nausea and vomiting. When inflammation of the Appendix, they will become very severe, and disappear their relationship with food.

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Intestinal inflammation

The inflammatory process in the intestines in women manifests itself with symptoms such as:

• Pain, irradia in the lower back, groin or pubic area;
• Fever;
• Appetite disappears;
• The patient rapidly loses weight;
• Increased flatulence;
• Tormented by diarrhea, often with traces of blood;
• The formation of anal fissures, pain at time of defecation.

When you have symptoms, you cannot self-medicate. Inflammatory processes, including in the abdomen, can spread to affect the liver, spine, uterus and other female organs.

• See also: back pain that radiates to groin

Pyelonephritis

This predominantly female disease such as cystitis, often leads to an inflammatory process in the kidneys. Because of the short urinary tract urological organs women more susceptible to penetration of infectious agents.

If a complication of cystitis becomes pyelonephritis, irradiiruet pain in the lumbar region of the back and lower part of the abdomen. Back pain after physical exertion, chronic fatigue, sudden movements and lifts weights. In addition, a woman plagued by:

• Chills in the lumbar region, chills whole body;
• Pain in the abdominal region of a woman;
• Frequent urination, especially during sleep;
• Low-grade temperature in the evening;
• Increased pressure in the arteries, the patient may decide that he has an attack of hypertension;
• The woman feels weak, broken, there is fatigue;
• Sick, sometimes dizzy. Can confused consciousness;
• Swollen hands, feet, cheeks – too much fluid in the body due to the poor performance of urinary system.

Osteochondrosis

Degenerative-dystrophic changes of intervertebral discs is the most common reason that there is pain in the lower back. Osteochondrosis in recent decades younger due to the fact that people in working life are constantly sitting at the computer. Posture still leaves much to be desired, people are usually in tense, very static pose. The result is weakened muscles of the lower back, worsens the blood circulation of the intervertebral discs. In addition, there are extra pounds, also load the lower back.

Pain in osteochondrosis plagued by either chronic or paroxysmal. Chronic aching or pressure caused by the desiccation of the discs, their microscopic injuries and vertebrae contact each other. Attacks, backache lumbar arise from the clamping of the nerve root. They are accompanied by powerful muscle spasms, do not give the woman to straighten up. Cramping – this is the initial defensive reaction to the damage of nerve tissues. Should not force them to overcome, instead relax, take a pain reliever.

Low back pain – natural process of destruction of cartilage associated with ageing and constant load, microtrauma drives. To slow, need to improve blood circulation and reduce disc tension acting on them. Exercise, loose weight. Do not sit for long periods of time and not exercise with weights, heavy physical work.

Infectious diseases

A big list of types of bacteria can penetrate into the internal organs of the abdominal cavity. Start inflammatory and suppurative processes. Tormented girdle pain of the lower back and below the stomach, sometimes radiating to the pubic and groin. The stool contain blood traces and mucus. Complication can become a large infestation, so you need as soon as possible to seek professional medical help.