Post Date November, 16 2024
Ovarian cancer is a serious gynecological disease and also a malignant tumor. The appearance of ovarian cancer not only seriously affects the normal life and work of patients, but also poses a serious threat to health and life safety.
Ovarian cancer high-risk population
1. Women over 50 years old with amenorrhea.
2. Unmarried or late married, infertile or undernourished, and non lactating women.
3. Infertility patients who use ovulation promoting drugs.
4. Women who enjoy eating a high fat, high protein, and high calorie diet.
5. Women with hereditary ovarian family history, breast cancer family history, and nonpolyposis colon cancer family history.
6. Mental factors such as irritability, long-term suppression of mental state, or strong stimulation in women increase the risk of developing the disease accordingly.
7. Women who frequently come into contact with talcum powder, asbestos, smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day, and are exposed to radiation are at several times higher risk of developing the disease compared to others.
Symptoms of ovarian cancer
1. Abdominal distension: In the eyes of many people, abdominal distension is a small matter, but long-term persistent abdominal distension should be careful. Abdominal distension, known as a red card warning for ovarian cancer, often occurs before contact with a lower abdominal mass. What is the relationship between ovarian cancer and abdominal distension? The tumor itself is compressed, surrounding ligaments are enlarged in the abdominal cavity, and with the occurrence of ascites, patients often feel abdominal distension. Therefore, women with unexplained abdominal distension, especially those during menopause, must undergo gynecological examination immediately.
2. Abdominal pain: Abdominal distension and abdominal pain do not necessarily coexist, and the occurrence of abdominal pain indicates the deterioration of ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer infiltrates surrounding tissues or adheres to adjacent tissues, compressing nerves can cause abdominal pain, ranging from dull pain to dull pain, and even severe pain.
3. Lower limb and vulva edema: Lower limb and vulva edema, women must be vigilant. At this point, ovarian cancer should consider the possibility of injury. 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.
4. Unknown weight loss: Ovarian cancer grows, ascites forms, mechanical compression of the gastrointestinal tract, reduced patient appetite, and indigestion. In addition, cancer cells consume a large amount of nutrients in the human body, causing patients to become increasingly thin, anemic, and powerless, with a dull complexion.
5. Oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea: Most ovarian cancer patients have no menstrual changes. When normal ovarian tissue is destroyed by cancer cells, the patient's overall condition is poor, with oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea.
