What are the complications of ovarian cysts and how to treat them with traditional Chinese medicine

What are the complications of ovarian cysts? How does traditional Chinese medicine treat them?

Complications of ovarian cysts include:

1. Tumor rupture: About 3% of ovarian tumors will rupture, and the ovarian tumor pedicle will twist. There are two types of rupture: traumatic and spontaneous. Gynecological examination can reveal abdominal tenderness, abdominal muscle tension or ascites, and the original mass cannot be felt or a shrunken and deflated mass can be felt.

2. Infection: It is less common and is usually caused by tumor twisting or rupture, or spread from infection foci in adjacent organs such as appendix abscess. Clinical manifestations include fever, abdominal pain, mass and abdominal tenderness, abdominal muscle tension and elevated white blood cell count.

3. Pedicle torsion: It is common and is one of the acute abdominal diseases in gynecology. About 10% of ovarian tumors are complicated by pedicle torsion.

4. Malignant transformation: Malignant transformation of benign ovarian tumors often occurs in older women, especially after menopause. The tumor grows rapidly in a short period of time. The patient feels abdominal distension and loss of appetite. Examination shows that the tumor volume has increased significantly, is fixed, and often has ascites.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ovarian cysts are mostly formed on the basis of weak human vital energy, which is affected by external evil, or internal injury of emotions, or improper diet, which leads to dysfunction of internal organs' qi and blood, abnormal water and moisture transportation, and internal obstruction of qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm and dampness, heat and toxicity, which condense in the uterus over time.