You can feel sigmoid colon pain in your lower left quadrant of your abdomen.
Your sigmoid colon is the last part of your large intestine and is situated on the left side of your body, near your rectum.
Specific symptoms that are associated with sigmoid colon pain are abdominal pain, cramping, bloating, diarrhea or constipation, rectal bleeding, an urgent need to have a bowel movement and a feeling of incomplete evacuation.
Also pain in the lower left quadrant can also be caused by appendicitis, kidney stones or even pelvic inflammatory disease.
If you have any severe or persistent pain in your lower left quadrant you should see a doctor especially if it's also accompanied by vomiting, fever or bloody stools.
Rectosigmoid disease are conditions that affect your rectosigmoid region including your sigmoid color or junction of the rectum.
The conditions in Rectosigmoid disease can range from rectosigmoid cancer to ulcerative proctosigmoiditis, rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma, rectosigmoid endometriosis, Hirschsprung's disease and even inflammatory bowel disease.
Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital condition that involves the absence of nerve cells in the muscles of your colon, and it most often affects your rectosigmoid region and leads to a blockage of your colon and difficulty in pooping or passing of stool.
Rectosigmoid Adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor that originates in your rectosigmoid area and can cause intestinal bleeding, changes in bowel habits and anemia.
Rectosigmoid Endometriosis which affects the endometrial tissue located outside the uterus can affect your rectosigmoid region and cause symptoms such as changes in bowel habits, pelvic pain and pain when having bowel movements.
Ulcerative Proctosigmoiditis is a type of ulcerative colitis in which inflammation is localized to your rectum and your sigmoid colon.
Symptoms of ulcerative proctosigmoiditis include abdominal cramps, blooding diarrhea and a feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation also known as tenesmus.
Rectosigmoid cancer is cancer that is located at your rectosigmoid junction, which is the area in which the sigmoid colon which is the S shaped part of the large intestine connects to your rectum and is a type of colorectal cancer and can be treated similarly to either rectal cancer or colon cancer depending on the specific location and other factors.