Post Date July, 23 2023
Ovarian cancer is an invisible bomb for women. The ovaries are hidden in the female pelvis, and tumors that grow are not easily discovered. Regular gynecological examinations cannot detect them, but they can send signals.
What are the five warning signs for ovarian cancer?
1. Abdominal distension and pain
If a woman continues to experience abdominal distension and pain, the tumor will have a certain sense of compression. The female's abdominal cavity will pull the surrounding ligaments, causing ascites to appear, and the patient will experience abdominal distension
2. Abdominal pain
When women experience abdominal pain, it means that ovarian cancer has begun to worsen. Ovarian cancer can invade surrounding tissues or cause certain adhesions with adjacent tissues. If it compresses nerves, it can cause abdominal pain.
3. Lower limb and vulva edema
When unexplained swelling occurs in the female genitalia and lower limbs, ovarian cancer tumors gradually grow in the pelvis, compressing pelvic veins, affecting lymphatic reflux, and causing long-term swelling in the lower limbs and vulva.
4. Unexplained emaciation
Ovarian malignant tumors gradually grow, and when ascites forms, it compresses the gastrointestinal tract, affecting appetite and indigestion. Cancer cells consume body nutrients, causing weight loss, anemia, and overall weakness
5. Oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea
The normal ovarian tissue of the patient is damaged by cancer cells, and the patient is mentally ill with oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea.
How to prevent the occurrence of ovarian cancer?
1. Adjusting the dietary structure
Usually, it is important to control high cholesterol and high fat intake, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, consume more vitamins and proteins, and provide nutrition for the body.
2. Bask in the sun
The longer the time spent in the sun every day, the more vitamin D the body consumes, and the lower the risk of ovarian cancer. In addition, female friends should go to the hospital for gynecological examinations every year. For families with a history of cancer, they should regularly go to the hospital for examination, and try to choose vaginal ultrasound examination to immediately detect enlarged ovaries. If necessary, laparoscopic examination should be conducted under the guidance of a doctor.
Warm reminder
Female friends should pay attention to personal hygiene, adjust their dietary structure in a timely manner, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and regularly go to the hospital for examination. After discovering ovarian cancer, immediate surgical treatment should be performed.
