Signs on Ovarian Cysts?

For the past few months, I have noticed a strange, sharp pain in my lower right abdomen. It's not very painful....but not very comfortable either. At first I thought it was my appendix becasue of the location, until I started feeling the same thing on my left side.....could these be cysts? Ovarian cancer? Or something else? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.

Signs on Ovarian Cysts?
Some women feel themselves ovulate monthly as a sharp pain on one side or the other. However, if you have this more often than that, you really should check with your doctor. There is no way to tell about cysts except for an ultrasound or pelvic exam. Your health is important. Take care.
Reply:Ive had the same problem! I ended up in hospital with them thinking i had appendicitis, they did testing and i didnt have it and both times it was around the time of my period!


Ive had a ovarian cyst before a very very large one, the obvious smptoms are: pain, bloating (even when your not on yur period), fullness, not being able to lay on your stomach. Go to the doctor and express you concern about it and ask for an ultrasound jsut to make sure! That will pick up if you have one or not!!


Good luck with it, most of the time if there found early and there small the doctor will wait 2 months, do another scan and it will mostlikely be dissolved!


Hope all goes well!
Reply:It could be a cyst. Typically cysts aren't harmful, but they can be EXTREMELY painful. The pain depends on the size of the cyst... I had a cyst on my left ovary that took 4 months to go down, and when it first appeared it was at least the size of a grape according to my doctor.... anyway.... it hurt to the point of me not being able to walk without being in pain, it felt similar to a really bad bruise, but the pain slowly went down. If it doesn't go away you should have it checked by your doctor.
Reply:Need more info. If you are on the birth control pill, this lessens the chance that it could be ovarian cysts.


If you are NOT on the pill, have noticed what time of the month this pain is occurring?





If it is near your period, could be just that.


If it is 7-10 days after your period (and you are NOT on the pill) could be pain from ovulation.





But you can go to your nearest Planned Parenthood if you don't want to ask your parents. They can do a pap smear, get you free birth control, do a pelvic check to see what the pain is caused by. Could be an STD like Chlamydia. (You didn't say if you were sexually active or not, so i will assume you are) but there is NO charge at Planned Parenthood, and they are completely private. If they have to call your house for any reason, they will act like they are a friend, in case your parents answer.





But don't ignore it. If you do have a cyst, and it twists around an ovary or bursts, you could be in some serious trouble...
Reply:Okay this has happened to me before.When i walked a got pain in the same spot that you described on both sides.Then i had to go to the doctor and they did an ultra sound on me.They found three on one side and 4 on the other.They said that they would probably go away by them selves but if not they would either put me on birth control or go in a take them off.Birth control has some sort of hormone in it and it makes then go away.But mine went away by itself.Now when I walk or do activities nothing hurts.You probably just have a cyst on them its no big deal.I wish you the best of luck and have a great day!