What causes lower abdominal pain in men?

It is common for women to experience lower abdominal pain, such as during menstruation. However, it is rare for men to experience lower abdominal pain. If men find lower abdominal pain, they should consider the causes of some men's diseases, the most common of which include ureteritis and prostatitis. If the symptoms do not disappear, it is best to go to the hospital for a systematic examination.

What is the disease that causes pain in a man’s lower abdomen?

Frequent masturbation in men can often lead to urethritis and cause lower abdominal distension. Prostatitis can cause urine flow to become thin and cause lower abdominal distension. Spasms in the lower abdominal muscles or intestinal tract can also cause lower abdominal distension or pain.

Common side effects of lower abdominal pain in men are headache, facial flushing, and indigestion, but they are generally not severe and disappear quickly. Less common side effects include temporary visual color changes (such as inability to distinguish between blue and green objects or blue color blur when looking at such objects), increased sensitivity to light, and blurred vision. So what is the reason for lower abdominal pain in men?

1. Prostatitis: This is the most common disease that causes lower abdominal pain in men. It often occurs in young men. When the disease occurs, symptoms such as lower abdominal distension and pain, frequent urination at night, frequent urination, urgent urination, and painful urination are common.

2. Urethritis and ureteral stones: If a man has lower abdominal pain accompanied by lumbar paraspinal pain or lower back pain, paroxysmal colic and submicroscopic hematuria, and ureteral caliber pain.

3. Acute appendicitis: commonly known as appendicitis, men of any age may develop this disease, but it is more common between the ages of 20 and 40. Most patients experience pain in the upper abdomen that moves to the right lower abdomen, and the pain reaches its peak in about 4 to 6 hours. At this time, the pain may even be aggravated by coughing or moving the body.

4. Acute cholecystitis: This type of pain often occurs after meals, and the pain is usually in the right upper abdomen or upper abdomen. Sometimes the pain will spread to the right shoulder or shoulder blade, and is accompanied by fever, vomiting, jaundice and other phenomena.

5. Acute gastroenteritis: Most cases are caused by food poisoning due to eating unclean food, usually accompanied by severe vomiting, diarrhea, fever and other symptoms.

Experts remind that men should not take abdominal pain lightly, but should be alert and go to the hospital for treatment in time. Doctors usually ask for abdominal B-ultrasound, routine blood tests, blood biochemistry, etc., and if necessary, a CT scan of the entire abdominal cavity should be performed.