What are the symptoms of ovarian cysts?

Ovarian cyst is a tumor of the reproductive system. Many women are diagnosed with ovarian cysts during physical examinations and are particularly worried about whether the ovarian cysts will become malignant and endanger their health. In fact, its malignancy rate is relatively high, and its symptoms are not easily discovered by women in life. Therefore, it is important to be aware of the symptoms of ovarian cysts. Below, I will introduce the symptoms of ovarian cysts in women.

The main manifestations are as follows:

1. Discomfort in the lower abdomen

This 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.

2. Increased abdominal circumference and abdominal mass

It is the most common phenomenon in the chief complaint. The patient realizes that his clothes or belt seem tight and small, and then notices that his abdomen is enlarged, or he accidentally feels it in the morning and presses his abdomen and finds a tumor in his abdomen, coupled with abdominal distension and discomfort.

3. Abdominal pain

If the tumor has no complications, there is very little pain. Therefore, if patients with ovarian tumors feel abdominal pain, especially if it occurs suddenly, it is mostly caused by torsion of the tumor pedicle, or rupture, bleeding or infection of the tumor. In addition, malignant cysts often cause abdominal pain and leg pain, and the pain often causes patients to seek emergency treatment.

4. Menstrual disorders

Generally, ovarian or even bilateral ovarian cysts do not cause menstrual disorders because they do not destroy all normal ovarian tissues. Some uterine bleeding is not endocrine or is caused by ovarian tumors that change the pelvic blood vessel distribution and cause endometrial congestion.

5. Compression symptoms

Huge ovarian tumors can cause dyspnea and palpitations due to compression of the diaphragm. Ovarian tumors combined with a large amount of ascites can also cause these symptoms. Huge benign ovarian cysts fill the entire abdominal cavity, increasing the intra-abdominal pressure and affecting the venous return of the lower limbs, which can lead to edema of the abdominal wall and bilateral lower limbs.

The above is the knowledge related to the symptoms that you need to know about the treatment of ovarian cysts. I hope it can help everyone understand what a real ovarian cyst is. Female friends must seek timely treatment, because ovarian cysts have a high degree of malignancy and are one of the most serious malignant tumors that threaten women's lives. Therefore, once discovered, it is important to seek medical treatment in time to prevent malignant transformation.