What are the symptoms and treatment of ovarian cysts?

The incidence of ovarian diseases has been increasing in recent years, so women should pay attention to their ovaries, especially those who have not given birth. The three most typical symptoms of ovarian cysts are irregular menstruation, thick waist circumference, and abdominal pain. Irregular menstruation means that the amount of menstruation is getting smaller and smaller. If ovarian cysts are found during examination, surgery can be used for treatment, or Chinese medicine can be used for conditioning.

Three signs of ovarian cysts:

Irregular menstruation

Irregular menstruation is a condition that women are most afraid of. Ovarian cysts, even bilateral ovarian cysts, usually do not cause menstrual disorders in women because they do not destroy all normal ovarian tissue. Some uterine bleeding is not endocrine in nature. It may be caused by ovarian tumors that change the pelvic blood vessel distribution, causing endometrial congestion; or it may be caused by ovarian malignant tumors directly metastasizing to the endometrium. Menstrual irregularities caused by endocrine tumors are often combined with other secretory influences.

Swollen abdomen and thick waist

A swollen abdomen and a thick waist are phenomena that patients are accustomed to. If a woman suffers from ovarian cysts, she will feel discomfort in the lower abdomen and her waist will feel thickening. Lower abdominal discomfort is the initial symptom before the patient feels a lower abdominal mass. Due to the weight of the tumor itself and the influence of intestinal peristalsis and changes in body position, the tumor moves in the pelvic cavity, involving its pedicle and pelvic infundibulum ligament, causing the patient to have a feeling of distension and heaviness in the lower abdomen or iliac fossa. The most common complaints are increased abdominal circumference and abdominal mass. Patients only notice the enlargement of their abdomen when they realize that their clothes or belts seem tight.

Abdominal pain

The first is abdominal pain, which is a common symptom in patients with ovarian cysts. The pain caused by ovarian cysts may be continuous or dull. Malignant cysts often cause abdominal pain, leg pain, and pain, often causing patients to seek emergency treatment.

Usually, huge ovarian tumors can cause difficulty breathing and palpitations due to compression of the diaphragm. Ovarian tumors combined with a large amount of ascites can also cause ovarian cysts blocking the birth canal and cause these symptoms. Therefore, abdominal pain felt by patients with ovarian tumors, especially those that occur suddenly, is mostly caused by tumor rupture, bleeding or infection. In addition, malignant cysts often cause abdominal pain and leg pain, and the pain often causes patients to seek emergency treatment.

Treatment of ovarian cysts:

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment: At present, although traditional Chinese medicine has achieved certain breakthroughs in the treatment of ovarian cysts, most common fluid-filled cysts can be controlled or alleviated after a period of traditional Chinese medicine treatment. However, the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in treating ovarian cysts mostly remains at the level of relieving symptoms, and it is difficult to carry out a radical treatment of ovarian cysts. Many patients experience recurrence of the disease during treatment, and a small number of patients experience recurrence after treatment, which has a great impact on their lives.

2. Surgical treatment: Ipsilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; bilateral ovarian cystectomy; adnexectomy and total hysterectomy are all common methods for treating ovarian cysts. The tumor will recur and regrow after surgery. Therefore, except for patients who undergo organ removal, most patients who undergo ovarian cystectomy will still have the possibility of recurrence. In addition, the surgery is traumatic, the patient is in great pain, and there is the possibility of complications after surgery.

3. Ultrasound interventional therapy: This is the most advanced method for treating ovarian cysts. This therapy not only does not require surgery, but also reduces recurrence after treatment and has little trauma. It can satisfy the beauty desire of ovarian cyst patients to the greatest extent while treating the disease. Ultrasound interventional therapy is an advanced medical method for treating various types of cysts. It is a method of directly puncturing the diseased tissue under ultrasound guidance and injecting special drugs to cause the diseased tissue to quickly dehydrate, degenerate, necrotize, and shrink and disappear.