Get Treatment Right Away For Bleeding Ovarian Cyst

By Amanda Clark

Most women experience ovarian cysts but many never know them have them. When a bleeding ovarian cyst occurs, however, immediate treatment is required.

Ovarian cysts normally happen because of an aberration in the monthly reproductive cycle. Consequently, women of childbearing age tend to be more prone to having ovarian cysts. Generally ovarian cysts aren't cancerous, nor are they connected to an illness, but any ovarian cyst can burst and bleed. Whether they're bleeding or not, ovarian cysts can best found through an ultrasound examination. Cysts usually appear like bubbles on the organs.

Ovarian cysts tend to form in one of the following ways:

Sometimes, the ovarian follicle doesn't release an egg and seals itself off, or the follicle sac doesn't dissolve as it normally would. In these cases the small sac fills with fluid and becomes a cyst. The first type, when an egg fails to release, is called a "functional cyst." The second type of cyst, when the sac fails to dissolve, is called a "corpus luteum cyst."

Another type of ovarian cyst forms when the follicle doesn't dissolve normally after releasing an egg. A cyst that results from this condition is called a "corpus luteum cyst."

Another type of ovarian cyst can form from a condition called endometriosis. This condition results when uterine tissue doesn't discharge through the vagina in the monthly period, but instead moves to the ovaries. Endometriosis cysts often contain blood, which can cause extreme pain and inflammation in the peritoneum if they burst.

Most ovarian cysts go away within a few weeks, but a bleeding ovarian cyst needs urgent medical attention. Bleeding ovarian cysts can cause intense abdominal pain as well as bleeding. If a woman's own physician isn't available, she should go right away to an emergency clinic for treatment, which may require surgery. - 30428

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