How to differentiate and diagnose left ovarian cyst and what are its symptoms

Ovarian cyst is a relatively complicated disease in medicine. Because there are many causes, the symptoms are also different. So how to differentiate and diagnose left ovarian cyst? What are the symptoms?

The left ovarian cyst is an ovarian tumor. The mortality rate of ovarian malignant tumors is relatively high, ranking first among gynecological tumors. Therefore, once it is confirmed to be a left ovarian cyst, it needs to be paid attention to.

The symptoms of left ovarian cyst are as follows:

1. Discomfort in the lower abdomen: This is the initial symptom before the patient feels a mass in the lower abdomen. 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, pulling on its pedicle and pelvic infundibulum ligament, causing the patient to have a feeling of distension and heaviness in the lower abdomen or iliac fossa.

2. Increased abdominal circumference and abdominal swelling: This is the most common complaint. Patients notice the enlargement of their abdomen when they realize that their clothes or belts seem tight, or they feel it occasionally in the morning, so they press their abdomen and find swelling in the abdomen and abdominal distension and discomfort.

3. Menstrual disorders: Generally, ovarian or even bilateral ovarian cysts do not cause menstrual disorders because they do not destroy all normal ovarian tissues. Some uterine bleeding is not endocrine or is caused by ovarian tumors that change the pelvic blood vessel distribution and cause endometrial congestion; or it is caused by ovarian malignant tumors directly metastasizing to the endometrium. Menstrual disorders caused by endocrine tumors are often combined with other secretory influences.

4. Infertility: The cause of infertility caused by ovarian cysts has yet to be determined.

5. Abdominal pain: If the tumor has no complications, there is very little pain. Malignant cysts often cause abdominal pain and leg pain, and the pain often causes patients to seek emergency treatment.

6. Compression symptoms: Huge ovarian tumors can cause dyspnea and palpitations due to compression of the diaphragm. Ovarian tumors combined with a large amount of ascites can also cause this symptom; but some ovarian tumor patients' dyspnea is caused by unilateral or bilateral pleural effusion; and it is often combined with ascites to form the so-called Meigs syndrome.