What Infections Cause Lower Left Abdominal Pain?

Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2014

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Question : Hello Doctor and thank you!

What infections causes lower left abdominal pain?

Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome to HealthcareMagic .

The most common infections which cause left lower abdominal pain are following
- infection of colon by organism like campylobacter/shigella/E.coli/yersinia/salmonella
-infection of diverticuli(pouch coming out from colon) by organism like E-coli etc
-infection of seminal veiscle by pseudomonas aeruginosa/streptococci/staphylococci/mycoplasma species etc.
-infection of urinary tract by proteus/e-coli leading to stone formation.

there are many organism which alone or in combination may cause infection of these organs. I have mentioned most common infectious cause of left lower abdominal pain.

Hope I have answered your query . If any further queries are there I would love to help.

Regards
Dr.Deepika Patil

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Deepika Patil (58 minutes later)

Yes, Doctor. This is very helpful. Thank you!

Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I am glad that I have been of some help to you. If you don't have any further queries, then you may close this discussion and rate the response.

Regards,
Dr.Deepika Patil

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T