[Women's Health] What are the symptoms of ovarian cysts?

Because ovarian cysts have no obvious symptoms in the early stages of the disease, many female friends tend to ignore it, which leads to delayed treatment and serious consequences for women's health. So what are the specific symptoms of ovarian cysts?

1) Lower abdominal distension and pain

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 fullness and falling 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 finds that his clothes or belt seem tight and small, and then he notices that his abdomen is enlarged, or he feels it accidentally in the morning, so he 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 due to torsion of the tumor pedicle, or occasionally due to 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.

4) Menstrual disorders

Generally, ovarian cysts, even bilateral ovarian cysts, do not cause menstrual disorders because they do not destroy all normal ovarian tissue.

5) Compression symptoms

A huge ovarian tumor can cause dyspnea and palpitations due to compression of the diaphragm, difficulty breathing, and lower limb edema. Phenomena such as difficulty urinating, urine retention, urgent bowel movements or difficulty in defecation.