Lower abdominal/ pelvic pressure with sharp pain before passing gas- what could this be?
30F here. I suffer from constipation and I’ve been taking a stool softener and probiotic for a month. For the past 3 days, I’ve had a dull, centered lower abdominal/pelvic heaviness with intermittent sharp pain that lasts only about 3–5 seconds, usually immediately before I pass gas. The pain eases after the gas passes.
On day 2, I had a good, easy bowel movement and felt like I had completely emptied and that all the trapped gas was gone, so I thought the episode was temporary. However, the symptoms returned today. Simethicone 80 mg has noticeably helped but it’s temporary. The pelvic heaviness and the gas pains have returned.
I’m still passing gas and don’t feel constipated at the moment. I have no fever, vomiting, blood in my urine/stool, or burning while urinating, although I feel like my bladder feels fuller relatively earlier. I’ve never experienced gas pain quite like this before.
Has anyone experienced something similar? Did it turn out to be temporary, or did it keep recurring? The pains are very random and intense for the short duration that they last.