What causes men to have lower abdominal pain?

In daily work and life, men often encounter the problem of lower abdominal pain. However, men are generally rough, so many people do not pay attention to minor problems, minor illnesses, and minor pains. They will not realize it until it really hurts or the consequences are very serious. This will be slow to realize, and it is also very bad for the body. Do you know what is going on when men have lower abdominal pain?

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.

Therefore, lower abdominal pain in men is also a sign of poor health. If you encounter this situation, you should react promptly and take better care of your body, because even if you are a man, your body is not made of iron. If minor illnesses are not treated, they will cause big problems. I wish you a speedy recovery.