Ovarian Cyst Pain - How To Avoid The Unbearable And Often Times Excruciating Pain Of Ovarian Cyst.

By Lisa Page

Have you ever wondered what causes the intense of ovarian cysts? This article will look briefly at what ovarian cysts are, how they are formed, but most importantly what you need to do, to avoid the risk of you losing one or both ovaries.

What are ovarian cysts? An ovarian cyst is a sac, sometimes called a follicle that contains fluids or semi solid materials that develop in the ovary. They are very similar to blisters and most cysts form as a result of a woman's monthly menstrual cycle.

Ovarian cysts, tend to be more common in women still in their child bearing years. But it is possible for a woman who has passed menopause to develop cysts

There are different types of cysts depending on how they are formed. The most common ones are called functional cysts and are formed as a result of the normal ovulation process.

Every month as part of your reproductive cycle, one of your ovaries produces an egg. This egg is housed in a shell called a follicle in the ovary. Once this follicle matures, it releases the egg which burst out of the ovary and travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus.

The empty shell that once housed the egg in the ovary, now called the corpus luteum then dissolves away naturally if pregnancy does not occur and the whole process starts all over again.

Sometimes due to an imbalance of hormones in a woman's body, instead of the follicle rupturing and releasing it contents, holds on to it and starts to get bigger. It may eventually collapse on itself causing the woman a great deal of pain.

The other more common type of cyst is the corpus luteum cyst. This forms when instead of the shell (corpus luteum), after releasing the egg, dissolving away naturally, closes up on itself retaining all its contents and again starts to grow.

What causes the ovarian cyst pain? The pain you get from ovarian cysts arise because:

1. The cyst ruptures i.e. bursts

2. The cyst is growing rapidly and stretching

3. There is bleeding into the cyst.

4. Torsion -where the cyst twists around its own blood supply

What are the consequences of using the conventional treatment for ovarian cysts?

The conventional treatment for ovarian cysts is the use birth control pills and surgery to remove the cyst; sadly both remedies do not address the root cause of your ovarian cysts.

Many women have reported developing cysts on the other ovary after been through one surgery to remove a cyst from one ovary.

Unfortunately, some women have lost both ovaries as a result of developing ovarian cysts on both ovaries but you do not have to suffer the same fate.

The other treatment for ovarian cysts is the use of birth control pills but prolonged and extensive use of contraceptive pills to stop you ovulating can cause infertility. - 29958

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