What is an ovarian cyst?

What is an ovarian cyst? Are there obvious symptoms?

Huge ovarian tumors can cause dyspnea and palpitations, and ovarian tumors with a lot of ascites can also cause these symptoms. However, the dyspnea of ​​some patients with ovarian tumors is caused by pleural effusion on one or both sides; it is usually combined with ascites to form the so-called ruptured ovarian cyst. The harm of ovarian cysts is very serious. Huge benign ovarian cysts fill the entire abdominal cavity, increase intra-abdominal pressure, affect the venous return of the lower limbs, and can cause edema of the abdominal wall and both lower limbs.

Malignant ovarian cysts fixed in the pelvic cavity compress the iliac vein, often causing edema on one side of the lower limb. The pelvic and abdominal organs are compressed, causing dysuria, urinary retention, rapid defecation or poor defecation. After an ovarian cyst is discovered, it should be treated actively.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the main causes of ovarian cysts are as follows:

1. Phlegm and blood stasis condensation, worry; phlegm deficiency, phlegm stagnation, qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm stasis. Long-term accumulation of phlegm and blood stasis can also lead to cancer. In addition to the above symptoms of qi and blood stagnation, patients often have stomach distress, palpitations, shortness of breath, poor appetite, edema, vomiting, muscle development, abdominal circumference thickening, menstrual disorders, dysuria, rapid or difficult bowel movements, swelling and sagging of the lower abdomen or pits, etc.

2. Qi and blood stagnation period or postpartum cold, cold stagnation. Or internal injury, depression, liver damage, poor operation of qi, qi stagnation, blood stasis, qi and blood stasis. If blood stasis lasts for a long time, it will turn into cancer. It manifests as no obvious symptoms or tongue stasis except for the lower abdominal mass. If it is a malignant patient, the lower abdominal mass is hard and fixed, the pain refuses to press, the skin is not moist, the complexion is purple, and the tongue has ecchymosis. Malignant patients in the late stage may have symptoms such as ascites, shape, haggardness, fatigue, etc.