What causes a dull ache in the lower abdomen?

What causes a dull ache in the lower abdomen?

Other causes of lower abdominal pain include ovarian cysts, fibroids, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), pelvic congestion syndrome, urinary tract infections, appendicitis and inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis.

What does gnawing stomach pain mean?

The signs and symptoms of gastritis include: Gnawing or burning ache or pain (indigestion) in your upper abdomen that may become either worse or better with eating. Nausea. Vomiting.

How do I relieve lower abdominal pain?

Be guided by your doctor, but there are some things you can do to help ease the pain, including:

  1. Place a hot water bottle or heated wheat bag on your abdomen.
  2. Soak in a warm bath.
  3. Drink plenty of clear fluids such as water.
  4. Reduce your intake of coffee, tea and alcohol as these can make the pain worse.

Why do I have a gnawing feeling in my stomach?

Where exactly is the pain?

  • Did the pain come on suddenly or have you had it before?
  • Which words best describe the pain?
  • Is stomach pain better or worse after you eat?
  • Does the pain wax and wane?
  • In addition to experiencing stomach pain,have you been losing weight or become anemic (low in red blood cells)?
  • What does gnawing pain feel like?

    What does gnawing pain mean? The most common symptom of a stomach ulcer is a burning or gnawing pain in the centre of the tummy (abdomen). Burning rashes are another example of a hot pain that might feel like a hot iron rod. A pain that typically starts in the upper abdomen and moves up behind your breastbone.

    What is this gnawing feeling I have in my stomach?

    Inflammation of bladder (cystitis).

  • Ectopic pregnancy (a condition fertilized egg that attaches in the wrong place such as in the fallopian tubes).
  • Intestinal obstruction.
  • Cysts of ovary – in women.
  • Infection of a part of the female reproductive organs (such as PID or pelvic inflammatory disease).
  • Fallopian tubes infection – in women.
  • Appendicitis.
  • What causes burning pain in upper abdomen?

    Gallstones. Gallstones are solid deposits of bile and other digestive fluid that form in your gallbladder,a four-inch,pear-shaped organ that’s located right below your liver.

  • Hepatitis.
  • Liver abscess.
  • GERD.
  • Hiatal hernia.
  • Gastritis.
  • Peptic ulcer.
  • Gastroparesis.
  • Functional dyspepsia.
  • Pneumonia.