What causes pain on both sides of a man’s lower abdomen?

When men experience pain on the sides of their lower abdomen, it is not known whether it is because men are more tolerant or because they find it troublesome. Most people do not seem to care much, thinking that it will go away after the pain. But this is actually a very wrong approach, because if it happens often, it may be a sign of poor health. If you do not adjust it in time, it may bring serious consequences. The following is some knowledge about pain on the sides of men's lower abdomen.

Appendicitis

The most common disease causing right lower abdominal pain in men is appendicitis.

①Acute appendicitis

Typical acute appendicitis has pain in the upper middle abdomen or around the umbilical cord at the beginning, and after a few hours the pain moves and becomes fixed in the right lower abdomen. When the inflammation affects the serous layer and parietal peritoneum, the pain becomes fixed in the right lower abdomen, and the original upper middle abdomen or around the umbilical cord pain is reduced or disappears. Therefore, the absence of a typical history of migratory right lower abdominal pain cannot exclude acute appendicitis.

Simple appendicitis often presents with paroxysmal or persistent bloating and blunt pain. Persistent severe pain often indicates suppurative or gangrenous appendicitis. Persistent severe pain affecting the middle and lower abdomen or both sides of the lower abdomen is often a sign of appendicitis gangrene perforation.

②Chronic appendicitis

Abdominal pain is pain in the right lower abdomen, characterized by intermittent dull pain or bloating, sometimes severe and sometimes mild, and in a relatively fixed location. Most patients experience abdominal pain after a full meal, exercise, fatigue, cold, and long-term standing.

Tenderness is the only physical sign, mainly located in the right lower abdomen, usually with a small range and constant position, and only occurs when heavy pressure is applied. There is no muscle tension or rebound pain, and generally no abdominal mass.

Patients often experience varying degrees of indigestion and loss of appetite. Patients with a longer course of illness may become emaciated and lose weight. Generally, there is no nausea, vomiting, or abdominal distension, but elderly patients may have constipation.

After the above explanation, you should now know what pain on both sides of the lower abdomen in men means, so if you encounter such a phenomenon in your daily life, you must pay attention to it, otherwise it is likely to make you regret it, and it will also affect your life and work. Before that, you can make adjustments yourself.