Wednesday, November 4, 2009

What To Do About Cysts On The Ovaries

By Amanda Clark

Many women in the united states suffer with cysts on the ovaries every year. It can be a very unpleasant situation, and most women don't even realize they are there. The cyst are formed by fluid that fills up a sac. They can lead to pain and bleeding but for the most part they are harmless. You may need surgery to remove them.

Ovarian cysts are usually noncancerous in younger women. Older women should be careful because ovarian cysts can become cancerous the longer they go untreated. Cysts may be found in ovarian cancer, but ovarian cysts usually just represent a harmless condition. It is not uncommon to have small pea size cysts that you do not even know are there.

You may not know if you have ovarian cyst. You can not depend on symptoms to tell you if you have ovarian cyst because it is likely you will haven none. If you do have symptoms they may be similar to other conditions. You should still keep an eye out for symptoms just in case. If you think you have a cyst or even do not know for sure then go to your doctor for an exam.

The symptoms of ovarian cysts can be menstrual irregularity's, fullness, or heaviness in your abdomen, or pressure on your bladder or rectum. You may also experience pain right before you start your menstrual cycle or even during sex, or bowel movements. The pain can range from very mild to quite severe.

You and your doctor will have to discuss whether the cyst should be removed. The doctor will look for signs of bleeding, and twisting of the cyst. He will also consider how large and painful it is in determining whether to remove it. If you are having the procedure to remove the cyst then your doctor will do a physical exam, blood and urine test, and an ultrasound.

There are two different procedures that you can under go to have an ovarian cyst removed. One is laparoscopic surgery and the other is open surgery. The laparoscopic surgery is less invasive and only takes a week of recovery times. The open surgery on the other hand is quite invasive and requires about 2 weeks of recovery time. Regardless of which surgery you have you need to give your body time to recuperate.

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