What are the risks of left ovary removal?

The ovaries are relatively important for women. Sexual desire, menstruation and fertility are all related to the ovaries. After the ovaries are removed, symptoms such as irregular menstruation, irritability, decreased immunity, and poor digestion may occur. Therefore, try not to choose to remove the ovaries. If the condition seriously affects your health, don't hesitate. Saving your life is more important.

The dangers of functional decline

Ovarian dysfunction can lead to the following diseases:

1. Reproductive system: irregular menstruation, vaginal atrophy and dryness, low ovulation rate, sexual dysfunction and frigidity, etc.;

2. Autonomic nervous system: hot flashes, irritability, depression, insomnia, etc.;

3. Body shape: obesity, bloated belly, sagging hips, pot-shaped waist, etc.;

4. Skin and hair: dryness, loss of elasticity, hair loss, and loss of luster;

5. Reduced immunity: prone to colds, inflammation or chronic diseases;

6. Cardiovascular system: atherosclerosis such as myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction;

7. Urinary system: urethral atrophy, polyuria, frequent urination, urinary incontinence, etc.;

8. Bones: cervical spondylosis, rheumatism, arthritis, osteoporosis, etc.;

9. Digestive system: stomach discomfort, loss of appetite, constipation, etc.

Women after the age of 30 enter a period of ovarian decline, and premature ovarian failure is the root cause of a series of changes in the body. After the ovarian function is improved, the problems related to female aging are essentially solved.

Disease Introduction

Uterine fibroids

Treatment

Ovaries

In treating uterine fibroids, it is necessary to eliminate the tumor while stopping the bleeding, and to stop the bleeding while eliminating the tumor, and to regulate the ovarian function at the same time. Do not use harsh or aggressive medications to avoid damaging your vital energy.

Basically, TCM treatment of uterine fibroids focuses on promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispersing nodules and eliminating symptoms, supplemented by regulating qi and removing stagnation, strengthening the body's constitution, in order to achieve the purpose of stopping bleeding, eliminating tumors, and restoring vitality [1].

1. During excessive bleeding, the first priority is to stop the bleeding. There are three treatment methods:

1. Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and stop bleeding: heavy or dripping bleeding, dark red color, blood clots, lower abdominal pain, pale purple tongue, stringy or deep pulse, symptoms include blood stasis and blood not returning to the meridians.

Prescription: Taohong Siwu Decoction - peach kernel, safflower, angelica, red peony root, Chuanxiong, raw rehmannia, with added flavors.

2. Clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding: blood stasis turns into heat, forcing blood to flow abnormally, heavy bleeding, prolonged metrorrhagia, dark red blood color, small or sticky blood clots, bitter and dry mouth, thirst, yellow tongue coating, thin, smooth and rapid pulse. The syndrome is characterized by blood stasis turning into heat, which forces blood to flow abnormally.

Prescription: Yiyin Decoction - Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Phellodendron chinense, Turtle Shell, Radix Rehmanniae, Amomum villosum, Jujube, Licorice, with added flavors.

3. Invigorate Qi, arrest bleeding and stop bleeding: prolonged menstrual period, prolonged leakage, no blood clots, sore waist, feeling of sinking in the lower abdomen, pale tongue, thin white fur, and deep and fine pulse. The syndrome is qi deficiency with blood stasis.

Prescription: Anchong Decoction - Atractylodes macrocephala, Astragalus membranaceus, Dragon bone, Oyster, Rehmannia glutinosa, Rubia cordifolia, Cuttlebone, Dipsacus asper, and Paeonia lactiflora.

2. During the non-bleeding phase, the focus is on eliminating the tumor to cure the root cause. The treatment methods vary depending on the patient's constitution and symptoms:

1. For patients with cold blood stasis or partial coldness, it is advisable to warm the meridians to remove blood stasis, soften and disperse the nodules.

Prescription: Guizhi Fuling Pills - cinnamon twig, poria, peach kernel, moutan bark, red peony root, with added ingredients.

2. For patients with heat stagnation and blood stasis, or long-term blood stasis turning into heat, or those with a hot constitution, it is advisable to cool the blood, remove blood stasis, soften and disperse nodules.

Prescription: Huangqi Xiaozheng Capsule (President Zhong’s experimental prescription) - Astragalus, Scutellaria barbata, Trillium, Curcuma, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Prunella vulgaris, etc.

3. For those who suffer from anemia due to excessive bleeding, it is advisable to strengthen the body's constitution. While eliminating tumors, it is also necessary to supplement the balance of Qi and blood.

Prescription: Angelica Blood-Replenishing Soup - Astragalus, Angelica, and other ingredients that nourish blood and flesh as appropriate. In addition, women over 45 years old, with the patient's consent, can take Gengxueting to induce early menopause and allow the fibroids to gradually shrink[2].

Chinese medicine diet therapy

In addition, the following Chinese medicine diet therapy can help maintain health and prevent uterine fibroids:

Add 2 eggs, 5 Chinese medicinal geckos, 9 grams of Curcuma zedoaria, and 400 grams of water and cook together. When the eggs are cooked, peel them and continue cooking. Discard the medicine and eat the eggs. Take once a night.

Efficacy: Disperses nodules and relieves pain, dispels wind and calms the nerves. Suitable for qi stagnation and blood stasis type.

2. Two Fresh Soup

Slice 120 grams of fresh lotus root and chop 120 grams of fresh imperata root, boil them in water and drink the juice as tea.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and cools blood, removes blood stasis and stops bleeding. Suitable for heavy menstrual flow and blood heat and stasis.

3. Tremella and lotus root powder soup

25 grams of white fungus, 10 grams of lotus root powder, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. After soaking the white fungus, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and stew it until it is soft, then add lotus root powder and drink it.

Efficacy: It has the effects of clearing heat, moistening dryness and stopping bleeding. Suitable for those with heavy menstrual flow and bright red blood.

Precautions

How should women prevent uterine fibroids? In daily life, they should pay attention to:

1. Regulate your emotions and be optimistic about things.

2. Get married at the right time and have children.

3. Never abuse hormone drugs.

4. Check your body regularly and seek early treatment for any disease you discover.

Ovarian cysts

Ovarian cysts are a type of ovarian tumor and are more common in women aged 20 to 50. Early diagnosis is difficult, and 70% of cases are already in the advanced stage when seeking medical treatment. Early treatment is rare, and the 5-year survival rate has always hovered around 20-30%. It is one of the most serious malignant tumors that threaten women's lives.

Ovarian bleeding

Ovarian cyst is a type of gynecological tumor in women, which can be divided into benign and malignant. Ovarian cysts are generally benign, but they can still become cancerous.

Ovarian cyst bleeding is a very serious condition. Although this type of bleeding is a common symptom of ovarian cysts, it is generally easy to cause infection after vaginal bleeding or contact bleeding occurs, thereby causing other diseases. Bleeding symptoms also indicate that female patients' ovarian cysts are getting worse.

Clinically, ovarian cysts are often manifested by lower abdominal pain, discomfort, or increased vaginal discharge, yellowish color, leucorrhea with an odor, menstrual irregularities, and usually a firm and painless swelling in the lower abdomen, and sometimes pain during sexual intercourse. When cysts affect hormone production, symptoms such as irregular vaginal bleeding or increased hair growth may occur.

Early treatment

The most direct treatment for ovarian cysts is surgical removal. For patients with benign ovarian tumors, the ovarian tumor on the affected side must be removed. During the operation, the condition of the opposite ovary must be checked. If there is a tumor on the opposite side, it must be removed and a pathological examination must be performed at the same time. But it is easy to relapse after surgery. For patients with malignant tumors: Surgery is the preferred method. The scope of surgery should be wide, generally removing the entire uterus, bilateral adnexa and enlarged omentum. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are required after surgery.

Surgery

1. For tumors with adhesions, use blunt and sharp techniques to separate the adhesions, free the swelling and pain, and avoid tumor penetration.

2. Make a circular incision along the normal tissue of the ovarian hilum and remove the cyst bluntly.

3. Suture the wound with fine silk thread or intestinal suture, and then suture the ovarian resection edge again.

Lifestyle

1. Eat alkaline foods regularly to prevent the accumulation of acidic waste, because the acidified body fluid environment is fertile soil for normal cells to become cancerous. Adjusting the acid-base balance of body fluids is an effective way to prevent cancer.

2. Quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption. Do not eat too much salty and spicy food, and do not eat too hot, too cold, expired or spoiled food.

3. Have a good attitude to deal with pressure, combine work and rest, and avoid overwork.

4. Strengthen physical exercise and improve physical fitness. Life needs rules and living habits.