causes of pain on left lower abdomen
In addition to causing upper left side abdominal pain, several of the causes listed above (bowel cancer, abdominal aortic aneurysm, food poisoning, Henoch-Schonlein-purpura, kidney infections or stones, transverse color volvulus or trapped wind) can be the cause of lower left side abdominal pain.
Diverticulitis is a common cause of left lower abdominal and back pain, and an increasingly frequent reason for hospital stays. As you age, small pouches can develop along the walls of the colon. Most commonly, these pouches develop in the sigmoid colon, located on the left side of the abdomen.
The following conditions often cause lower abdominal pain, sometimes described as pelvic pain: 1  Appendicitis. 2  Cystitis (bladder inflammation) 3  Diverticulitis.  Problems with the cervix, such as a cervical infection, inflamed cervix or growths on the cervix.