What is the cause of lower abdominal pain?

What is the cause of lower right abdominal pain?

• Three days ago I woke up feeling a pain in my lower right abdominal region. The pain is not excruciating, so I'm not thinking much of it. Although, because it's been going for a while now, it's starting to get a bit annoying. I've had some diarrhea, but other than that my digestive track has been normal. A few other symptoms are that it hurts more when I sneeze or walk/move around. Does anyone know what can cause this?

• Answer:

  Since you say the pain is not excruciating, it's probably not appendicitis. However, if it does become excruciatingly painful and intense, I would seek medical attention immediately! You don't want to mess around with a ruptured appendix, it could be life threatening. I think your pain could be one of two things: Irritable bowel syndrome, since you did mention some diarrhea. Or possibly a pulled muscle, since you experience more pain during movement like sneezing and walking. You can google irritable bowel syndrome and get tons of information on it. As for a pulled muscle, I would sustain from activities that put a lot of strain on that muscle group until it has some time to heal. Some muscles, depending on the injury, can take up to three weeks to fully heal.