ovarian cysts

[MomCat7]

I've been reading your posts about ruptured ovarian cysts and most of the time the result was "have a hyst." or "have your ovaries removed", but what happens when it is your 13 yr old daughter who is having this problem?  I took her into the emergency room 2 days ago and they sent me home after a sono and Motrin and said it would go away.  Well, it's been 2 days and she's still in pretty intense pain.  How is this normally handled?

Nancy

[moltisanti.c]

Hello everyone!

I have questions to you,

please indicate here if you're a doctor or not.

1. I want to ask if all cysts in the ovary are the same?

2. another, i want to know if the cyst can be automatically removed by the body once the woman gets pregnant?

3. Is there any possible way to remove it without surgery?

Thanks I hope you answer these questions.

MC

[blk_mdw]

I definitely agree with agedwell... I too had the same symptoms when i was about 12, i ended up in the ER with alot of pain, the doctors there were about to disregard and send me home with some pain meds too, but my mother insisted they test further, so they did and ended up finding an ovarian cyst. i'm not sure how severe it was or what type, but i did have to get it surgically removed.. I'm 18 now and haven't had anymore problems, and hopefully i won't in the future. hope this helps

[agedwell]

I am no expert, but I have had 2 cases of this same thing happening to me. When I was in my early 20's I had such severe cramps that I was doubled over on the floor. My period would last sometimes up to Ten days and I had intense pain on my right side by my ovaries. I went in for an ultrasound and they saw a small mass which they said was a small cyst. They said it would go away with medication, it didn't, I ended up having surgery to get it removed. When I got in my forties it happened again, this time I went and had another ultrasound and had a 8cm cyst,endometriosis and a tilted uterus along with scar tissue. I had to have a full hystorectomy and cannot have children. I would suggest that you take your daughter back, insist that they do a complete untrasound of her ovaries and all. I hope you find her problem, the systems sound a lot like what I went through. If I can help I am on this forum as "agedwell".......

[tracey8278]

i had the same problem when i was 15...i was in so much pain i couldn't walk and resorted to crawling around on the floor until my parents decided to take me to the ER...i went to a gyno, and she put me on birth control, and i haven't had that problem since, plus the regular pain associated with menstruation was not nearly so bad.  i know a lot of parents are a little iffy about putting their kid on the pill, but it did wonders for me.

[lumeli]

If your daughter started to menstruate, then these cysts might be fundctional cysts which most of the time resolve on their own.  Did her cysts rupture?  How big are the cysts?  I would recommend to take her to an OBGYN int he area and do an ultrasound to get the location and dimension of the cysts.  99.5% of ovarian cysts are benign and simple cysts are much easier to deal with.  Hope this helps

Lumeli

[girl522]

I remember my cousin started having ovarian cysts when she was 14.  A few times througout high school she would go to the emergency room because she was in soo much pain and they would give her pain meds and say that they were rupturing and there was nothing really else she could do.  Her doctor put her on birth control because it is supposed to decrease the cysts and her chance of having ovarian cancer.  Since then she has not had nearly as many problems.  Maybe you should talk to you doctor about this.