Boston: Recognizable Symptoms of Ovarian Cysts

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Woman who are in their childbearing years are commonly prone to having ovarian cysts. The symptoms of ovarian cysts can go undetected because many woman are not aware of what is going on with their bodies and often times the symptoms of an ovarian cyst will mimic other conditions.

Endometriosis and an ectopic pregnancy are a just a few of the conditions that will cause this condition to be misdiagnosed. Pelvic inflammatory disease as well as appendicitis and diverticulitis are other unlined conditions that are often mistaken for the condition when it is actual an ovarian cyst.

To help woman become more aware of how to recognize the symptoms of ovarian cysts before it the problem grows to an uncontrollable level that may cause a rupture of a cyst is present and untreated. Some of the symptoms to be aware of are pelvic pains that may occur in the lower back area before or after the menstrual cycle. Nausea and vomiting that may mimic pregnancy and irregular menstruation.

Since ovarian symptoms are commonly not detected early on, the female may not have knowledge that they have ovarian cysts until after a routine pelvic exam performed by their doctor. What usually happens during the pelvic exam is that the doctor will feel swelling on the ovary or ovaries and from there will order that more tests be perform to identify if there is presence of this condition.

The types of tests that may be ordered by the physician will be for the purposes of identifying the cyst, the cyst size, shape and the location of the cyst. All of this information will help to determine the best possible treatment and necessary steps that will need to be taken. There are a few ways to find out the growth of the cyst and one of them will be to perform an ultrasound on the area of the reproductive system.

The doctor may also order a hormone level test to rule out possible of the growth being hormone related. The doctor may also order a pregnancy test to rule out the possibilities of the the female being pregnant which can cause some swelling on the ovaries.

Depending on some of the preliminary tests the physician may also order a blood test that can measure whether the identified cyst is cancerous or not. The blood test performed will help to measure cancerous antigen levels that will be present in the body if the cyst is cancerous. If the cyst is not cancerous then the blood test levels will indicate this by producing lower numbers showing that the cyst have noncancerous cells.

Since some ovarian cysts does not produce enough detectable cancerous antigen the reading of the levels can be misdiagnosed. This can also happen if the body is harboring another illness such as uterine fibroids or endometriosis.

Source by Lorainne Phyllis

Recognizable Symptoms of Ovarian Cysts