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Ovarian Cysts?
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This is a personal topic so I don't expect many to answer my question, but this goes out to any females who've had ovarian cysts. How did you find out? Did you have any symptoms? I just realized that it feels like I have a bruise on the right side of lower ab/hip.. pubic area perhaps. I'm not taking it seriously because it's the first time it has happened, and random pains always happen to me lol. Anyway, thanks in advance to everyone :)
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I bled for 2 months solid. That's how I found out.
I was pretty young. Maybe 13 or 14? My mother took me to the gynecologist.
They felt around, inside and out and then sent me for an ultrasound to get a good idea of it's size. I had left it alone so long that it had grown to be about the size of my ovary. My doctor decided not to do surgery at that time to see if we could shrink it first.
Ovarian cysts can actually be quite dangerous if you leave them untreated and they continue to grow. They can actually grow so large that they burst the ovary itself, sending bits of matter hurling through your body and damaging other organs.
You really should get it looked it, especially that it is causing pain. Many times when the cyst is so large that it begins to cause you pain at times or any discomfort then it is getting to be a serious issue.
Remember, it didn't just pop up last night. It's been growing on your body for awhile now.
Ovarian cysts can be made out of anything, including a clumping of cancerous cells. My teacher in high school had one burst that had been formed by cancerous cells and she had to have a lot of things removed. Luckily, she got to keep her life but she'll never be the same, having some of her intestines removed as far as I know. (not to mention all of her female organs had to be removed and part of her liver or bladder--forget which)
They can also be formed and full of hairs, dead cells, or even fluid.
Get it checked out.
Seriously.
It isn't something to just let grow and pretend it will go away. Some of them become extremely dangerous.
Make an appointment with your doctor to have it examined. There are treatments they can give you that will shrink it relatively fast or they can offer you some advice on what to avoid which may be causing it to rapidly grow.
Just because it's your first time experiencing this doesn't make it safe or that you shouldn't worry. A professional needs to look at this. I've only had 1 cyst in my entire lifetime and, luckily, my doctor had some sense about him and we got it handled properly before it affected my health. Don't let it go any longer.
When your body feels pain it's you body trying to scream at you, "Hey! Something is NOT right!"
Something is not right.
Something is not normal.
Something is not natural.
See a doctor.
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i dont have it but it runs in my family and i feel bad cause my sister had alot of problems with hers. the only thing i want to warn you is if the cyst explodes it will hurt and theres really nothing they can go about it they will give you meds. if your in the hospital from it but thats pretty much it and your gyno. will keep checking on you . i hope it never happens cause i felt bad for my sister cause i couldnt help but she went to her obgyn and she was complaining about alot of pain and they did and ultrasound and found that she had 2 one pop and then about 7-8 months later the other one popped too.
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I don't have them, but I know my mom's were discovered because she was having problems with her gallbladder. Apparently the cyst was pushing on her gallbladder and making it hard for her to digest greasy foods.
From what I've been told, the pain isn't so much a bruise-like pain as it is a deep internal pain. If it feels bruisey, it's very possible that it's PMS... I know my ovaries tend to balloon and hurt around that time.
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