Contents:
- Medical Video: Endometriosis
- What are endometriosis cysts?
- How can endometrioma form?
- What are the symptoms of endometriosis cysts?
- Pelvic pain
- Pain during menstruation
- Pain when making love
- Infertile
Medical Video: Endometriosis
Endometriosis cysts are also known as brown cysts or endometriomas. This condition is more experienced by women aged 30 to 40 years, but actually women of any age can be affected by this problem. Actually, what is endometriosis? Is it the same as other cysts? What are the causes of endometriosis cysts?
What are endometriosis cysts?
Endometriosis cysts are a type of cyst that forms when endometrial tissue grows in the ovary. This cyst contains large fluid that forms on the ovary and can even wrap it.
Mostly, this condition arises from endometriosis that was previously experienced not treated quickly and precisely. Endometriosis itself is inflammation that occurs due to thickening of the uterine wall tissue (endometrium). Well, some women with endometriosis are at risk of developing endometriosis cysts.
This condition affects women for several years and can cause chronic pelvic pain associated with menstruation.
How can endometrioma form?
Retrograde menstruation is one of the causes of endometriosis cysts. Women with endometriosis will be at higher risk of menstrual backflow, this causes blood flow to the ovaries to accumulate and eventually form endometrioma.
During ovulation (fertile period), the mature egg will be released from the ovary to the fallopian tube. If there is no fertilization, then the egg will decay with the uterine wall that has many blood vessels. This is called menstruation.
In people with endometriosis cysts, the blood that must be removed instead returns to the uterus, passes through the fallopian tube, and finally re-enters the ovary. The more blood flow in, the more likely endometrioma is formed and enlarged. Over time these chocolate cysts will get bigger and can break.
What are the symptoms of endometriosis cysts?
The symptoms of endometrioma are usually similar to the symptoms experienced by women with endometriosis and should be discussed with a doctor as soon as possible.
The following symptoms of endometriosis cysts that may occur.
Pelvic pain
The ovary is two reproductive organs located on both sides of a woman's uterus inside the lower pelvic region. Fluid-filled sacs, or cysts, which consist of endometrial tissue can develop in the ovary in some women with endometriosis.
These cysts can cause ovarian irritation and inflammation, which can cause mild to severe pelvic pain sensations in affected women.
Acute or sudden pelvic pain accompanied by mild fever can be a sign that the endometrioma has ruptured. Symptoms of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis cysts are usually chronic and can increase severely during a woman's monthly menstrual cycle.
Pain during menstruation
Women can experience mild to severe pain symptoms during menstruation caused by endometriosis cysts in the ovary.
Symptoms of pain during menstruation usually cause pain cramps in the lower abdomen. Some women also experience a feeling of pressure in the pelvic area. The symptoms of this endometriosis cyst usually recur during each menstrual cycle.
Pain when making love
Cysts that form in the ovary in women with endometriosis can cause severe inflammation and irritation. This inflammation can extend to the surrounding reproductive organs, such as the uterus or cervix.
Women with inflammation of chronic reproductive organs can experience pain sensations during or after sexual intercourse.
Infertile
Endometrioma can prevent the normal release of an egg or ovum, from the ovary during a woman's monthly menstrual cycle. In women who do not have this condition, the ovum released by the ovary can be fertilized by male sperm after sexual intercourse.
Meanwhile, women with endometriosis cysts can have difficulty getting pregnant because of a lack of normal egg release from the ovary. The symptoms of endometrial cysts in the ovary are referred to as infertility or infertility which can occur permanently.
