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The following conditions often cause lower abdominal pain, sometimes described as pelvic pain: 1  Appendicitis. 2  Cystitis (bladder inflammation) 3  Diverticulitis.  Problems with the cervix, such as a cervical infection, inflamed cervix or growths on the cervix.
A urinary tract infection could be a cause of lower right side abdominal pain. This could be due to an infection affecting the right kidney, ureter or bladder. Though this condition more often causes a central lower abdominal pain, it could also lead to pain in the lower right side of the abdomen.