Lower Left Abdominal Pain

Dealing With Intestinal Pain

Lower left abdominal pain is a malady suffered by many people today.  The causes to these pains are many; the disorders responsible are diverse, misunderstood, and misdiagnosed.  The solutions offered are adequate in some cases but lacking in others.  There are, however, several common sense actions that you can take to minimize their occurrence. 

These include the following:

1. See a doctor.  Who knows—it might help.  Consider going to a physician that focuses on internal medicine or gastrointestinal disorders.
2. Eat a balanced diet.  If you frequent fast food establishments, change your lifestyle.  Eat more fruit, vegetables, and whole grains.
3. Increase your fiber intake.  Sometimes our busy lifestyle makes it difficult to eat enough fiber.  If you are always on the move, consider eating “Fruit and Walnuts” at McDonalds or FiberPlus bars for breakfast.  If you increase your fiber intake, also increase your liquid intake.  Be aware that you may experience and increase of gas from high fiber products; this may decrease with time.
4. Eat yogurt and other prebiotics, such as acidophilus.
5. Consider the possibility that you have food allergies.  Many today focus on gluten sensitivity, but there are additional foods that can upset your system and cause problems.  Keep a food journal to see if the problems that you are seeing are related to what you have eaten
6. Exercise.  Moving your body increases movement of your bowels, and keeping things moving is a good thing.  Lower left abdominal pain can be related to constipation that occurs from a sedentary lifestyle.
7. Center on positive and important things.  As Jesus said:  “Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes.”  What is important to you; what will last?  When confronted with your own lower left abdominal pain, what is your response?  Do you moan and complain or do you use your temporary physical discomfort as a springboard to connect with the eternal God of the universe?  You can learn more about the importance of spiritual things here.