What Is An vaian yst? What ases vaian ysts-1-?
An vaian yst is an amatin f fid within an vay that is snded by a vey thin wa. Any vaian fie that is age than appximatey tw entimetes is an vaian yst. vaian ysts an ange widey in size; fm being as sma as a pea t age than an ange - in ae ases vaian ysts an beme s age that the wman ks pegnant.
The majity f vaian ysts ae benign (hamess). Ading t the entes f Disease nt and Peventin (D), SA, mst pemenpasa wmen and p t 14.8% f pstmenpasa wmen ae fnd t have vaian ysts.
vaian ysts typiay mst feqenty ding a femae's epdtive yeas (hidbeaing yeas). Hweve, vaian ysts may affet a wman f any age. In sme ases, vaian ysts ase pain and beeding. If the yst is ve 5 entimetes in diamete it may need t be sgiay emved.
Thee ae tw main types f vaian ysts:
* Fntina vaian ysts - the mst mmn type. These hamess ysts fm pat f the femae's nma mensta ye and ae sht-ived.
* Pathgia ysts - these ae ysts than gw in the vaies; they may be hamess (benign) anes (maignant).
What is a yst?
A yst is a sed sa-ike stte - an abnma pket f fid, simia t a biste - that ntains eithe iqid, gases, semi-sid mateia. A yst is ated within a tisse, and an devep anywhee in the bdy and may vay in size - sme ae s tiny they an ny be bseved thgh a mispe, whie thes may beme s age that they dispae nma gans.
In anatmy, a yst an as efe t any nma bag sa in the bdy, sh as the badde. In this text, yst efes t an abnma sa pket in the bdy that ntains eithe iqid, gases semi-sid sbstanes.
A yst is nt a nma pat f the tisse whee it is ated. It has a distint membane and divisin n neaby tisse - the te apsa ptin f a yst is aed the yst wa. If the sa is fied with ps it is nt a yst, it is an absess. Sme ysts ae sid and may be aed tms (pathgia ysts). The wd tm des nt neessaiy mean it is anes - a tm is a media tem f a sweing.
What ae the signs and symptms f an vaian yst?
A symptm is smething the patient fees and epts, whie a sign is smething the pepe, sh as the dt detet. F exampe, pain may be a symptm whie a ash may be a sign.
In the vast majity f ases, vaian ysts ae sma and benign (hamess); thee wi be n signs symptms.
Even if thee ae symptms, they ane annt detemine whethe a patient has an vaian yst. Thee ae sevea the nditins with simia signs and symptms, inding endmetisis, pevi infammaty disease, etpi pegnany vaian ane.
The signs and symptms f an vaian yst may inde:
* Iega menstatin - peids may as beme painf, heavie ighte than nma.
* A pain in the pevis. This may be pesistent pain an intemittent d ahe that may spead t the we bak and thighs.
* Pevi pain may appea jst befe menstatin begins
* Pevi pain may jst befe menstatin ends
* Dyspaenia - pevi pain ding sexa intese. Sme wmen may expeiene pain and dismft in the abdmen afte sex.
* Pain when passing a st (ding a p)
* Pesse n the bwes
* Sme pegnany symptms, inding beast tendeness and nasea
* Bating, sweing, heaviness in the abdmen
* Pbems fy emptying the badde
* Pesse n the etm badde - the patient may have t g t the tiet me ften, eithe t inate pass a st.
* Hmna abnmaities - in sme ae ases the bdy pdes abnma amnts f hmnes, esting in hanges in the way the beasts and bdy hai gw.
mpiated yst signs and symptms
Tsin - the stem f an vay an beme twisted if the yst is gwing n the stem, bking the bd sppy t the yst and asing sevee pain in the we abdmen.
Bsting - if the vaian yst bsts the patient wi expeiene sevee pain in the we abdmen. If the yst is infeted pain wi be wse. Thee may as be beeding.
ane - in ae ases an vaian yst may be an eay fm f vaian ane. What ae the ases f vaian ysts?
Fntina vaian ysts - thee ae tw types:
* Fia ysts - the mst mmn type f vaian yst. A femae hman has tw vaies, sma nd gans whih eease an egg evey mnth. The egg mves int the tes (wmb), whee it an be fetiized by a mae spem. The egg is fmed in a fie whih ntains fid t ptet the gwing egg. When the egg is eeased the fie bsts.
In sme ases, the fie eithe des nt shed its fid and shink afte eeasing the egg, des nt eease the egg. The fie swes with fid, beming a fia vaian yst. Typiay, ne yst appeas at any ne time and nmay ges away within a few weeks (witht teatment).
* tea vaian ysts - these ae mh ess mmn. Afte an egg has been eeased it eaves tisse behind (ps tem). tea ysts an devep when the ps tem fis with bd. In mst ases, this type f yst ges away within a few mnths. Hweve, it may smetimes spit (pte), asing sdden pain and intena beeding.
Pathgia ysts - demid ysts ae the mst mmn type f pathgia yst f wmen nde 30 yeas f age. ystadenmas ae me mmn amng wmen aged ve 40 yeas.
Demid ysts (ysti teatmas) - this is a bizae tm, say benign. This type f yst deveps fm a ttiptentia gem e (a pimay yte) - in the wds, the e an give ise t a des f es neessay t fm mate tisses. Demid ysts ntain hai, skin, bne and the tisses (smetimes even teeth). A ttiptentia gem e has the abiity t devep in any dietin. They ae fmed fm es that make eggs. These type f ysts need t be emved sgiay.
ystadenmas - these vaian ysts devep fm es that ve the te pat f the vay. Sme ae fied with a thik, ms sbstane, whie thes ntain a watey iqid. athe than gwing inside the vay itsef, ystadenmas ae say attahed t an vay by a stak. By existing tside the vay they have the ptentia t gw nsideaby. Athgh they ae aey anes, they need t be emved sgiay.
The fwing nditins may inease the isk f deveping vaian ysts:
Endmetisis - a nditin in whih es that ae nmay fnd inside the tes (endmetia es) ae fnd gwing tside f the tes. That is, the ining f the inside f the tes is fnd tside f it. Endmetia es ae the es that shed evey mnth ding menstatin, and s endmetisis is mst ikey t affet wmen ding thei hidbeaing yeas. Wmen with this nditin have a highe isk f deveping vaian ysts.
Pyysti vaian syndme (PS) - in this nditin many sma and hamess ysts devep n the vaies, ased by a pbem with hmne baane pded by the vaies. Pepe with PS have a highe isk f deveping vaian ysts.
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