Ovaries
The ovaries play an important role in the female reproductive system along with the fallopian tube and the uterus. The ovaries responsible for the production of the ovaries, and each ovary alternates with the production of one ovule per month. This egg passes through the fallopian tube to the uterus. In the case of fertilization, the fertilized egg Will be implanted in the wall of the uterus, and in the case of non-fertilization the endometrial detachment in the form of menstrual blood.
The role of ovaries is not limited to the production of eggs, but also produces two important groups of sex hormones important to the body of women, namely estrogen and progesterone Progesterone, and hormone estrogen responsible for the development of organs and female genitalia during the period of puberty in each female , And the hormone progesterone prepares the lining of the uterus to receive the egg, and prevents contractions of the uterus, which can affect the continuity of pregnancy and rejection of the egg, and also has a role in stimulating the growth of blood vessels in the lining of the uterus to feed the fetus, and prepares the breast to produce milk.
Polycystic ovaries
Ovarian cysts are often filled with fluid that forms on the ovaries often for functional reasons, that is, formed during the menstrual cycle, or because of abnormal growth of cells. These bags are made at any age, but most of them are in the reproductive age of the female. These bags are often dangerous and disappear on their own without medical or surgical intervention if they exceed 5 cm in diameter.
Symptoms of polycystic ovaries
It is difficult to detect the presence of bags on the ovaries if there are no symptoms on the patient is indicative of the possibility of existence, where the symptoms appear only if the bag is exposed to the explosion, or if it is large, or cut off blood supply from the ovaries. Symptoms that can appear on a woman with PCOS include:
- Feeling pain in the pelvic area, as for the nature of the pain that can be felt by the patient is a sense of weight, and light pain due to a large bag on the ovary.
- The pelvis can explode or twist its trunk as a result of a blow to the pelvic area, exercise, or during intercourse. This causes sudden and severe pain in one side of the pelvis, sometimes swelling and bleeding.
- Increased need to urinate, due to pressure caused by the sac in the pelvic area.
- Feeling discomfort and pain in the pelvic area during sexual intercourse.
- Constipation.
- Irregular menstruation and changes in it, such as menstrual blood becomes more or less than usual.
- Abdominal swelling, feeling of fullness and burning sensation in the esophagus.
- Feeling quick saturday even eating a small amount of food.
- If bleeding occurs as a result of the explosion of the sachet, it is possible for the patient to become depressed and increase the number of heart beats.
- Torsion of the cyst can increase the patient’s temperature.
- In rare and rare cases, ovarian cyst can be an early symptom of ovarian cancer.
The incidence of PCOS
Almost all women get ovarian sores at least once during their lives, before they reach menopause, and about 18% of women who have reached menopause, and because these bags in most cases do not cause pain or any other symptoms, are discovered by examining the pelvic area for some reason or For one, and for the incidence rate of symptoms of ovaries, one in every 25 women with polycystic ovaries show symptoms.
Types of ovarian sores
The most common examples of functional cysts can be follicular cysts, which are formed by the failure of the follicle-containing follicle, which turns into a sac, disappears. The follicular sac within a few weeks or months, often does not cause any symptoms of the patient.
Another example of simple functional bags is the yellow corpus leteum cyst. This sac is created after the egg is released from the bursa. The bursa is transformed into a yellow body, which in turn decomposes in the absence of pregnancy. If the body does not decompose The accumulation of more in the fluid inside the sac consists of the so-called yellow bursa bag, usually the yellow body bag is formed on one ovary, and does not cause any symptoms.
Sick bags are more complex bags than functional bags, and usually do not disappear on their own. These bags are usually made in women under the age of 50. They are usually non-cancerous, but they can also be malignant, but their contents can contain bags (Cystic tumor) that can contain teeth, fat, bones or even may contain thyroid tissue. Examples of endometriosis cysts are filled In old blood due to the growth of the lining of the uterus on the ovaries, Tetco Bags lining of the uterus in women’s reproductive age,