Ovarian cyst and bowel problems

Are ovarian cysts associated with digestive problems?

Are ovarian masses associated with digestive problems?

Is there a justification for accompanying digestive problems in patients with ovarian cysts?

Why do people with ovarian cysts have digestive problems?

Read on to find out the answers to your questions:

 

 

 

Introduction

The ovaries are attached to the uterus by the fallopian tubes, which means that the ovaries are freely suspended in the pelvic space. Any lump that has grown in the ovary will put pressure on it if it becomes large enough to attach to the small intestine.

This is why women with large ovarian masses usually experience gastrointestinal symptoms, and women unfortunately do not pay attention to these warning manifestations and have a vague feeling of heaviness, pressure and discomfort in the abdomen.

 

Can ovarian cysts cause intestinal problems?

In answer to this question, we must say that abdominal pain due to the presence of ovarian cysts may be due to pressure on the intestines.

Depending on the location and size of the cyst, pain will be felt in one or both sides of the lower abdomen and pelvis.

Large ovarian cysts may cause a feeling of pressure and heaviness and premature satiety in the affected person.

Masses in the ovaries, including ovarian cysts, can cause urinary or digestive problems for a person, depending on the pressure on the small intestine and bladder.

The problem is that if the ovarian cyst presses on the bladder, it causes the person to have frequent urination, which means that the need to urinate has to occur at shorter intervals.

Digestive problems may also occur following the pressure of the ovarian cyst on the small intestine. For example, a person may experience temporary obstruction and temporary stenosis in the area where the ovarian cyst presses on the intestine, and may feel heaviness and pressure in the abdomen. Or the person may have a feeling of premature satiety and anorexia depending on the volume occupied by the masses in the abdomen.

 

What are the digestive problems caused by large ovarian cysts?

One of these problems and symptoms will be a change in bowel habits and a change in defecation habits.

Thus, many women with cysts and large ovarian masses complain of severe periods of constipation, which occur frequently with a subsequent diarrhea.

Often, when a patient complains of severe constipation and subsequent diarrhea, and when the patient sees a doctor complaining of severe periods of constipation followed by diarrhea, one of the differential diagnoses that comes to the minds of physicians is irritable bowel syndrome. Your doctor may perform tests to differentiate better, but be aware that this clinical picture can also be a sign of intra-ovarian masses.

 

Can ovarian cysts cause painful bowel movements?

Ovarian cysts can cause bloating and swelling of the abdomen. Abdominal pain caused by bowel movements is also common in these cases. A person with ovarian cysts may even have gastrointestinal pain that occurs in the pelvis before or after each menstrual period.

 

Why do the symptoms of ovarian masses and cysts overlap with irritable bowel syndrome?

We said that the ovaries are suspended in the abdomen and vulva and are attached to the uterus on one side.

Parts of the small intestine are all freely in the pelvic space.

Masses that grow in the ovaries put pressure on the small intestine due to their proximity to the small intestine, and the sufferer will feel pressure, heaviness, and discomfort in the abdomen and pelvis.

Periods of severe constipation followed by diarrhea, is usually accompanied by bloating.

Irritable bowel syndrome may be caused by foods that a person eats, such as fibrous foods, fatty foods and fried foods, as well as carbonated beverages.

It will be difficult to differentiate the cause of gastrointestinal symptoms when a person has an ovarian cyst and a person with a history of irritable bowel syndrome.

But one of the key points that doctors use to make a diagnosis is that they pay attention to whether the symptoms occur occasionally, or whether there are permanent symptoms that sometimes get worse, or whether the symptoms are temporary or are progressing in severity.

If ovarian cyst disease has ovarian cysts, it shows its symptoms continuously.

The symptoms are progressing and getting worse, and if a person’s disease is irritable bowel syndrome, the symptoms will be occasional.

However, if you have one or more of the above symptoms in yourself and those around you, you should see a doctor for a proper diagnosis.

It should be noted here that even ovarian cancer and other ovarian masses can mimic the above symptoms.

Below you will find the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with the symptoms that you may experience following ovarian cysts.

 

Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Flatulence and gas in the abdomen
• Feeling that their defecation is not complete
• The presence of white mucus in the stool, which is usually accompanied by a change in defecation pattern
• and obvious changes in defecation

 

Symptoms of ovarian cysts

If ovarian cysts are small cysts, there are many people who say that they feel pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen and pelvis before or after their menstrual period.

If the ovarian cysts are large, they can cause a common picture due to pressure on the intestine:

• These people state that their bowel movements have changed, that is, in a way that the person states that he or she is constantly suffering from severe constipation, and diarrhea occurs after constipation.
• These people complain of bloating.
• These people say that they feel pressure inside their abdomen and pelvis.
• Some also complain of a feeling of premature satiety and anorexia due to the occupation of the abdomen and pelvis by the ovarian mass.
• On the other hand, people with ovarian cysts can have irregular periods or heavy periods of bleeding.
• In cases where there are ovarian tumors, the sufferer may also report abdominal and pelvic pain during intercourse or abnormal vaginal bleeding.