Faq About Ovarian Cysts
1. How important are the follicular cysts?
The follicle contains the egg which is normally released from this sac when it is mature enough. After the sac had ruptured and set free the egg, it will normally disintegrate. But when this sac does not rupture it will continue to grow and if it ends up measuring more than 8 cm then surgery is necessary. In most of the cases they do not get so large because they shrink after ovulation. If the follicular cyst breaks then pelvic pain will be felt by the women for at least 24 hours due to the bleeding which irritates the abdominal cavity. If bleeding does not stop then he surgeon must interfere and resolve this problem.
2. How are the follicular cysts diagnosed?
Diagnosing such cysts is made with an ultrasound tool. Also, a pelvic exam is helpful in a lot of cases. Without any complication the follicular cysts will disappear after 3 to 6 weeks. Sometimes the ovarian cysts can be confused with ovarian cancer so more tests must be done in order to be sure of the diagnose.
3. What is the corpus luteum cyst?
Generally after the egg is removed from the follicle and if the woman is not pregnant the follicle has to transform into luteum( also known as the yellow body), a smaller sac and then disintegrate. If this small sac gets filled with liquid and measures more than 3 cm it will form the corpus luteum cyst which will remain inside the ovary. This cyst generally ruptures during sexual intercourse and in the last days of the menstrual cycle.
In both follicular cysts and corpus luteum cysts cases, oral contraceptive therapy seems to prevent them from forming.
4. What is the endometrial cyst?
The endometrial tissue is normally found in the uterus but sometimes it can form in other places like outside the ovaries. They are produced during the menstrual cycle by hormone simulation and contain blackish blood which gives them the name of chocolate cysts. Their rupture leads to pelvic pain as all the material they contain gets in that area and creates adhesions between the local structures.
5. Are there any symptoms for the ovarian cysts?
At the beginning while these cysts are still under 3 cm there will be no symptoms. If they get to be larger than 10 cm or they rupture than pain on both sides or only on one side of the abdomen will occur. This pain differs in intensity during the menstruation cycle for each type of ovarian cyst.
6. Is there a risk of infertility if I have ovarian cysts?
The endometrial cyst is the only one that can interfere with the egg release and pickup. These cysts do not affect the quality of the egg but they can affect the ovulation and the follicular development.
7. What other ways are there of diagnosing an ovarian cyst besides ultrasounds?
There can be performed blood tests along with MRI and CT scanning in order to exclude the possibility of an ovarian cancer.
8. How exactly are these cysts treated?
Many gynecologists will recommend the patient an oophorectomy, meaning that the ovary will need to be removed. Sometimes even the hysterectomy will be considered as a measure of treatment. Some surgeons try to remove the cysts safely without spilling any of their contents into the abdomen and then try to reconstruct the ovary.
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Groshan Fabiola
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Comments
what could happen if you have ovarian cysts and you dont do anything about them?
i had pain so i had a sonnogram done
and they found a cyst
and a month later they checked again and said it dissolved.
well since then i have the pain at various times often.
and i assume its more ovarian cysts
but it feels like a waste to get it checked out if theyre just going to see its there, and check again later and see it dissolved.
Nothing! All women have ovarian cysts to one degree or another. They rupture and go away on their own. Only the ones that get big enough to cause pain make themselves known.
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An ER Nurse
Most go away on thier own, however if you are having cysts, you are not ovulating. If children you want to have in your future, you should talk to a doctor. If you are not ovulating, you cannot become pregnant. You should have been told what causes cysts.
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It depends on the ovarian cyst itself. Senior year of high school one of my classmates got one that ended up being ovarian cancer and she had to have it removed.
Same year my best friend and I both ended up with them. We were both placed on birth control pills to shrink them. The doctors said that if the pills helped then we were fine, if the pills didn’t help, then they’d surgically remove it. My cyst responded to the birth control pills so I have "dissolving cysts" meaning that I will experience the pain and stuff of them every once in awhile, but they’ll go away. My best friends cyst continued to grow even while on the pill so she had to have hers surgically removed. Her doctor warned her that hers could come back and there was more of a liklihood that it would come back cancerous, but she’s been okay so far. Mine, I just have to deal with.
If I were you I would continue to get checked out when you have the pain. I know it seems like a hassel but they have to make sure yours are actually going to dissolve. You don’t want to end up like my best friend did (she was always super sick and in serious pain), or like our classmate did. Just have regular pelvic exams and you should be fine.
Hope this helps.
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Experience
it will grow… whatever that cyst is it will still grow!
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