Ovarian cysts in puberty: What you need to know

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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Nguyen Chi Quang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital. Dr. Quang has many years of profound professional experience and strength in the treatment of obstetric and gynecological diseases.
Ovarian cysts can occur in girls going through puberty. If the disease is not detected early and treated promptly, if severe, it will cause many life-threatening complications, less than affecting reproductive health later on.

1. What are the effects of ovarian cysts on the reproductive health of children?

Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that appear abnormally in or on the surface of the ovary. The disease occurs in all subjects. Ovarian cysts during puberty can appear on only one ovary, but there are also cases where both sides are present. The disease develops silently and most cases are only discovered when it has grown to a large size.
If not detected and treated early, dangerous complications can occur such as: torsion of the cyst, rupture of the cyst, hemorrhage, compression of surrounding organs, directly affecting the patient's life. . At that time, it will have to be removed, which can reduce the chances of pregnancy for the baby in the future.

2. Causes of ovarian cysts during puberty

The common cause of ovarian cysts in puberty is that this is the age when girls have the greatest hormonal changes and the greatest psycho-physiological development. Any abnormal change can lead to comorbidities.
One of them is an incompletely developed follicle. During pubertal development, the follicles may become incomplete, have difficulty absorbing nutrients, and become defective leading to overdevelopment of the corpus luteum (a separate functional unit of the corpus luteum). ovaries), is an opportunity for ovarian cysts to develop.

3. Symptoms of ovarian cysts in puberty

Normally, a woman's period usually lasts only 4-7 days, but when the corpus luteum is abnormally active, the menstrual cycle can be longer. Besides, the rupture of blood vessels of the follicle often occurs without warning, causing acute abdominal pain, causing the cyst to bleed.

In the early stages of puberty in children with ovarian cysts, the disease often progresses silently, without symptoms, the manifestation may be just frequent abdominal pain under the navel area, this symptom is often overlooked. When the cyst has grown larger, the child can feel it because the abdominal wall at this age is quite thin. More fortunate cases can be discovered incidentally through ultrasound or routine physical examination.
Some other cases present with irregular menstrual cycle, early puberty, virilization (dark mustache, hairy limbs), dull or intermittent abdominal pain. In particular, there are some additional symptoms such as urinary frequency, difficulty urinating, swelling in the legs.
Most of the children are detected late, when the tumor is large, so the treatment is difficult, time consuming, costly and has a significant impact on the reproductive health of the baby. Therefore, it is recommended that parents take their children for regular health check-ups, especially at puberty (junior high school students, high school students), especially screening for early detection of ovarian cysts. eggs and other pathologies in the genital organs. If you see unusual symptoms in your baby such as lower abdominal pain, abnormally large abdomen, you should take them to the hospital for timely examination and treatment.
Avoid false thoughts such as thinking that girls have grown up and do everything on their own, so they don't need to care about their children's health so much anymore. Instead, parents should pay more attention to their children's mental health, children themselves have ovarian cysts, have silent pain but still suffer, partly because of fear, partly because of their fear. I don't know the symptoms of ovarian cysts, so I don't confide in my parents. Usually it is only when the pain is unbearable and the belly is abnormally large that the parents know. Pay more attention to your child so as not to have unfortunate consequences on his life and ability to become a mother in the future.

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