Post Date November, 17 2024
Ovarian cancer is one of the common tumors of female reproductive organs, and its incidence rate is also particularly high. It is also a serious disease. We must find, check and treat it early. How can we find the early symptoms of ovarian cancer? Let's understand together.
How to detect early symptoms of ovarian cancer
1. Abdominal distension
Abdominal distension, known as a red card warning for ovarian cancer, often occurs before contact with lower abdominal tumors. The reason is that the tumor itself compresses and expands the surrounding ligaments in the abdominal cavity. Combined with the occurrence of ascites, patients often feel bloating. Therefore, women with unexplained abdominal distension (especially during menopause) must undergo gynecological examination immediately.
2. Abdominal pain, low back pain
Ovarian cancer infiltrates surrounding tissues or adheres to adjacent tissues, compressing nerves can cause abdominal pain, low back pain, and its nature ranges from dull pain to dull pain, and even severe pain.
3. Lower limb and vulva edema
Ovarian cancer enlargement is fixed in the pelvis, compressing pelvic veins, affecting lymphatic reflux, and causing long-term swelling of the patient's lower limbs and external genitalia. At this point, we should consider the possibility of ovarian cancer.
Early Symptoms of Common Ovarian Cancer Diseases
1. When ovarian cancer is located in the pelvic cavity, gynecological examination can touch the mass on one or both sides of the uterus. When the mass increases, it can enter the abdominal cavity. The surface of malignant tumors is nodular, solid, or cystic, and the tumor is fixed when invading surrounding tissues. There are hard nodules in the uterine rectal fossa, which are often malignant when fused.
2. Abdominal metastatic dullness is positive during physical examination for ascites syndrome. When there is a large amount of ascites, the entire abdomen is pounded with dullness. Ovarian cancer ascites are mostly pale red bloody, and cytological examination can detect cancer cells.
Causes of ovarian cancer
1. Familial inheritance
Research has shown that a family history of ovarian cancer is a high-risk factor for the occurrence of ovarian cancer. Patients who develop ovarian cancer before the age of 50 have a family history of ovarian cancer, and women with a family history of ovarian cancer have a significantly increased risk of developing ovarian cancer before the age of 70. Some patients have ovarian cancer inherited by their parents' special genetic genes (BRCA1/BRCA2 genes). Due to the structural and functional abnormalities of these genes, carriers have a much higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than the general population.
2. Lifestyle
Research has found that the incidence of ovarian cancer is related to diet. Salted meat products, pickles, spoiled vegetables, meat, etc. contain nitrite. Nitrite itself is not carcinogenic, but under certain conditions, it can decompose with amino acids and generate strong carcinogenic nitrosamines.
