In this article we are trying to
find out how big a cyst in the ovary can get before it
bursts.
Perhaps
it is not the size that determines the cause of a cyst
burst, but rather circumstantial complications that are
responsible for such rare occurrences. While several
women have complained that they had been carrying fairly
well developed grapefruits in their ovaries (as affirmed
by ultrasound and CT scan) that hadn’t burst yet, others
have been diagnosed with burst ‘corpus luteums’ smaller
than the size of an olive.
The most surprising incident
that created uproar in the medical profession sometime
ago concerns a 37 year old female who was diagnosed as
having a mucinous cystadenoma cyst that weighed 328 lb
or 149 kg which did not burst! In fact, most of these
asymptomatic cysts weighing several pounds and varying
in different sizes are often found in the form of large
abdominal mass during routine check up of women
complaining non-specific pelvic pain. And they need not
eventually burst.
During
the first half of the normal menstrual cycle of 28 days,
maturing eggs are taken to the surface of the ovary
which is contained within a cyst-like structure called
the follicle. Apart from the task of transporting the
egg, it also starts producing estrogen, the hormone that
stimulates the growth of the uterine lining, so very
vital in the implantation of the fertilized egg and
development of the embryo. While ovulation takes place,
the size or the dimension of the follicle remains no
larger than a fully grown olive. The egg is released as
the follicle ruptures while the follicular fluid which
so far was clear, becomes turbid as it is replaced by
blood. A yellowish substance is formed at this
stage.
However,
if pregnancy does not occur till then, the yellow body
takes on a scarred look while the size of the cystic
structure that is called the ‘corpus luteum’ remains no
larger than an olive. Sometimes, the process has a
tendency to go haywire, resulting in the physiological
structure to get filled either with blood or follicular
fluid, taking the size of a small plum. These cysts are
likely to leak, curl or even cause the ovary to twist.
Whether the corpus luteum bursts or not at this stage is
the subject matter of great controversy in the medical
profession. While one group of medicos strongly argues
in favor of such cysts bursting at this point of time,
others vehemently object. In fact, a reputed surgeon has
openly declared that he had never come upon a burst
corpus luteum in all his twenty five years of
practice.
No
matter what controversies are involved in bursting of
the cysts or their size when they burst, there are a few
similarities between the customary follicle rupture
associated with the release of the egg during a normal
menstrual cycle and the consequences when an ovarian
cyst bursts. Nevertheless, the real differences are more
substantial. While the release of an egg causes minor
pain or sparse bleeding, an ovarian cyst that bursts is
usually accompanied by considerable pain and more
copious bleeding as it is much larger in size than the
egg – five to ten centimeters in diameter. So, once
again, it is not the size – how big or small for
the ovarian cyst to burst but a multitude of
other factors that lead to the bursting of an ovarian
cyst.
Fight
ovarian cysts and get rid of it with holistic remedies.
The fact is, holistic remedies are most effective and
they do not come with any side effects too. And they can
treat the cyst and make it go quickly too. The holistic
approach is so effective because it treats the body as a
whole and not just the symptoms of the condition. The
aim is to find out all the contributing factors that
lead to the formation of the cyst. Once the contributing
factors have been found, they can all be treated
individually. And as a result of this, the cyst never
returns.
