Is chocolate cyst serious?

There are many common diseases among women. In the treatment of women's diseases, good methods are also needed. Drugs and surgery are the best choices for treating women's diseases. They are helpful in improving women's diseases. Chocolate cyst is a less common disease. There are many reasons for the occurrence of such a disease. Therefore, after the occurrence of such a disease, it is also necessary to treat it in time. Is chocolate cyst serious?

Is chocolate cyst serious? Many people are not clear about this issue. Is this type of disease serious? The following is a detailed introduction so that everyone can have a good understanding of this disease.

Is chocolate cyst serious?

Chocolate cyst is a "lump" but not a "tumor". It is endometriosis and is more common in middle-aged women in their thirties and forties. Under normal circumstances, the endometrium grows in the uterine cavity and is affected by sex hormones in the body, shed once a month, forming menstruation. If the endometrial fragments shed during menstruation flow back through the fallopian tubes into the pelvic cavity with menstrual blood and attach to the surface of the ovaries or other parts of the pelvic cavity, ectopic cysts will form. This ectopic endometrium is also affected by sex hormones and sheds and bleeds repeatedly with the menstrual cycle.

If the lesion occurs on the ovaries, there will be local bleeding during each menstrual period, causing the ovaries to enlarge and form cysts containing old blood. This old blood is brown, sticky and paste-like, similar to chocolate, so it is called "chocolate cyst", and is medically known as endometriosis.

In addition to causing women extreme pain during every menstrual period, the biggest problem caused by chocolate cysts is infertility. Because it can damage tissues in the body. If it is near the stomach and intestines, it will cause diarrhea and stomach pain; if it is in the ovaries, it will affect the function of the ovaries and fallopian tubes, causing infertility. Severe chocolate cysts can even fundamentally subvert women's natural duty as mothers. Ovarian chocolate cyst is the most difficult benign tumor to treat. It adheres everywhere and moves everywhere. The condition gets worse with every menstruation. It is easy to relapse after treatment and is difficult to cure.

Through the above introduction, we can see whether chocolate cysts are serious. This type of disease is very harmful to the female body, and if not treated in time, it will cause female infertility. At the same time, it also damages the female reproductive organs in many aspects. Therefore, when women have such a disease, they must also seek timely treatment.