A person who suspects she may have ovarian cysts should know what the ovarian cyst symptoms are.
One of the frustrating things about having an ovarian cyst is that the symptoms are not necessarily specific to just ovarian cysts. That is, many of the symptoms could also be something else and not an ovarian cyst. That is one of the reasons why it is important to get a pelvic exam and know for sure.
Some of the common symptoms of ovarian cysts (or ovarian cysts in the case of PCOS) are:
- Pain during intercourse
- Sometimes nausea and vomiting
- Pain extending down to your thighs
- Bloated feeling in the abdomen
- A feeling that you have to go to the bathroom all the time (pressure on the bladder)
- Dull pain in the lower back area
A ruptured ovarian cyst is accompanied by it’s own signs. Among those are:
- Fever
- Intense pain (especially if you’ve had a cyst without pain and suddenly you have intense pain)
- Dizziness
- Sudden change in blood pressure
- Shortness of breath
The best way to know if these symptoms are a ruptured ovarian cyst is to get a pelvic exam. Since they are not exclusively symptoms of ovarian cysts, the exam will give you the proper diagnosis about your condition.
Also, there are symptoms specific to certain kinds of ovarian cysts, too. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS for short consists of multiple symptoms. There are three major symptoms of PCOS and a patient is diagnosed as having PCOS if she has two of them:
- An absence of ovulation
- An excess of androgen (a masculine hormone)
- Multiple cysts
A woman can be diagnosed with PCOS even if she does not have multiple cysts. The important thing to note is that she only need exhibit two of those three symptoms.
Other common symptoms of PCOS include:
- increased growth in body and/or facial hair
- obesity
- infertility
- hair loss on top of head
- absent, irregular or few monthly periods
It seems ironic that due to the increase in the masculine hormone androgen, a woman can at the same time lose head hair and yet develop more body/facial hair.
As with any medical issue, if you have any of the symptoms of ovarian cysts, you should get advice and treatment from a medical professional.
Always seek medical help for your condition, but also look for natural cures for ovarian cysts. The reason natural cures are effective is that they treat the cause and not simply the symptoms. Symptoms are indicative of underlying problems. In the case of ovarian cysts, they are usually caused by an excess of deficiency of hormones, which is a simple way of saying that the hormone level is out of balance. The way to treat ovarian cysts naturally is to bring the woman’s hormone levels back into their natural balance, thus achieving a cure and not merely a resolution to the symptom.
