Early symptoms of ovarian cysts, what should not be eaten if you have ovarian cysts?

Ovarian cysts affect fertility, and clinically they manifest as lower abdominal pain, lower abdominal discomfort, increased vaginal discharge, yellow vaginal discharge, abnormal vaginal odor, and menstrual irregularities. The main cause is the dysfunction of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. So what can’t you eat if you have ovarian cysts?

Early symptoms of ovarian cysts

1. Abdominal pain: If the tumor has no complications, there will be very little pain. Therefore, abdominal pain felt by patients with ovarian tumors, especially those that occur suddenly, is mostly caused by torsion of the tumor pedicle, or occasionally by tumor rupture, bleeding or infection. In addition, malignant cysts often cause abdominal pain and leg pain, and the pain often causes patients to seek emergency treatment.

2. Discomfort in the lower abdomen: Due to the weight of the tumor itself and the influence of intestinal peristalsis and changes in body position, the tumor moves in the pelvic cavity, involving its pedicle and pelvic infundibulum ligament, causing the patient to have a feeling of fullness and falling in the lower abdomen or iliac fossa.

3. Menstrual disorders: Generally, ovarian cysts, even bilateral ovarian cysts, do not cause menstrual disorders because they do not destroy all normal ovarian tissues.

4. Compression symptoms: Huge ovarian tumors can cause dyspnea and palpitations due to compression of the diaphragm. Ovarian tumors combined with a large amount of ascites can also cause this symptom. However, the dyspnea of ​​some ovarian tumor patients is caused by unilateral or bilateral pleural effusion, and is often combined with ascites, forming the so-called Meigs syndrome.

5. Increased abdominal circumference and swelling in the abdomen: You may notice that your clothes or belt seem tight and small, and then you notice that your abdomen has enlarged, or you may feel it occasionally in the morning, so you press your abdomen and find swelling in the abdomen, coupled with abdominal distension and discomfort.

What can't patients with ovarian cysts eat?

(1) Avoid eating acidic foods: Acidic foods are not conducive to the smooth flow and discharge of menstrual blood. Therefore, patients with ovarian cysts should try to avoid eating such foods during menstruation, such as rice vinegar, kimchi, green plums, bayberries, mangoes, plums, lemons, etc.

(2) Avoid spicy food: Some women with ovarian cysts already have heavy menstrual flow. Eating spicy, warm or other irritating foods will aggravate pelvic congestion and inflammation, causing excessive contraction of the uterine muscles, which will aggravate dysmenorrhea.

(3) Don’t be greedy for cold food: Women should avoid eating raw, cold foods before and during menstruation, such as cold drinks, crabs, clams, pears, persimmons, watermelons, bananas, bitter melon, mangosteen, cucumbers, mung beans, etc., so as not to aggravate dysmenorrhea.

(4) Do not eat foods containing hot or blood-coagulant ingredients such as longan, red dates, and royal jelly.