We need help here....girls!!

[marc4311]

Hey there my girlfriend recently had an ovarian cyst "explode" during sex...

My questions to anyone who really knows or has had this happen to them:

1. This happend 6 days ago and she still has a little pain in her stomach and slight nausea.......is this normal or does it normally go away sooner. The night it happend she vomitted twice and was admitted to hospital for the night/day.  She was on morphine and gravol.  When she went home the next day she vomit again... she never had a fever though but did have a bad headache

2. Are there other complications that can arrise from this and when do we know when to go back to the dr. and demand more tests to be sure it did not amount to something more??

Thanks alot for your ansers  ;)

[utahmomma]

Been through this too many times (shudder).  My last cyst that ruptured left over a liter of fluid and blood in my abdomen.  Best thing to do is get her to a good OB/GYN as soon as you can.  The ER is great when the rupture happens (insist they do an ultrasound) but she needs a good OB/GYN to follow her.  I didn't have a good one and my recurrent cysts ended up costing me both of my ovaries (last one out in January this year - with a hemorrhagic cyst the size of my hand surrounding it).  She needs to get checked out for infection, polycystic ovarian disease, etc.  

It might be suggested that she go on birth control pills (ovulation involves cysts), Metforman, etc.  There are also some nasty meds out there that quite a few docs wanted to try on me so check out the meds before she takes them (I didn't find the right OB/GYN until the 6th one I went to).

Good luck and yes - IT HURTS! Don't let her carry heavy things for a couple of weeks 'cause she will be quite sore.  My salvation was a heating pad on my abdomen.

[Angel345]

This did happen to me many years ago.  My cyst ruptured while I was at work.  I collapsed in pain and was sent to the E.R.  I was treated with pain meds and sent home.   I began to get very sick and two weeks later I was doubled over in pain and very weak.  Turns out that all the fluid from the cyst had infected practically everything "down there!"  I ended up spending three days in the hospital iand was put on an intense regimin of I.V. antibiotics.  I would suggest that your girlfriend get checked back out IMMEDIATLY, she could be suffering from a major infection at this time.  Don't let this situation go - get her taken care of as soon as possible and GOOD LUCK!!!!

[myproblem]

try posting the same ? on one of the women's forums
you'll probably get a much bigger response

[marc4311]

Thanks for that link....it does help but for some reason she still feels kinda dizzy and nauseous.  Thats the part im worried about.  We just are not sure if thats normal and there is nothing better then testimony as we all know some dr. blow important things off.