The ovaries are two organs that comprise of the feminine reproductive system, are located in the low part of belly to both sides of the matrix or uterus, in where the tubes of Fallopian tube finish in funnel form.
They are glands that secrete hormones that they have to do with the development of the feminine sexual characters and have like main function the maturation of the ova, that are the feminine sexual cells necessary to begin a new life.
In the ovaries there are small normal swellings, well-known like follicles, in each one of them is an ovum, that is the feminine sexual cell in which is all the genetic information that it is going away to transmit of the mother to its son or daughter. They are the only cells of the body that allow to the reproduction of the human species when being united with the spermatozoa or masculine sexual cells.
When a girl is born their ovaries contain around 2 million ova that are lost gradually, of such form that in the puberty are left 500 thousands more or less and of them only 400 to 500 are going to mature and very few of them are going to originate a new life.
At the beginning of the menstrual cycle, it is to say in the first days of the menstruation, grow several follicles and in the middle of the menstrual cycle the ovulation is carried out, that is the process by which the full follicle of liquid and is broken letting leave to the ovum that is captured by the tube of Fallopian tube. Generally, only an ovum is going to be given off every month and will be alternating the ovaries.
What it is of the follicle turns a small gland of yellow color that produces a called hormone progesterone, that will act of diverse forms in case of dessarrollar a pregnancy. To this process ovulation is called to him and happened more or less between the 12 and 16 days of the beginning of every menstrual period, it regulates or menstruation.
Nevertheless, in some cases this is not thus, the follicle increases its size more of the habitual thing without involucionar being developed the cyst. As habitually one is follicles, that only have an exaggerated amount of liquid in their interior, it is that many denominate "functional cysts" able to produce greater amount of feminine hormones that can repel in all the organism.
The origin is not known the cysts well, it thinks that he is hormonal and are very frequent in women in reproductive age and that in general they are sexually active. They appear with greater incidence during the adolescence when the reproductive system has not reached the maturity.
Most of the cysts they attend without sintomatología and some are solved single. Others retire by means of surgery when they are causing too many problems, but in all the cases the suitable diagnosis is necessary to discard another kind of problems like cancerous tumors or ectópicos pregnancies.
Between the symptoms that usually appear when there is some cyst and not in all the occasions, they are:
- Swelling or abdominal distension.
- pelvic Pain, in the low part of belly, that usually is constant, during the movement or shortly after the beginning or conclusion of the menstruation.
- vaginal Hemorrhages outside the menstrual cycle.
- Prolongation or reduction of the menstrual cycle.
- Absence of the menstrual cycle.
- Retention of tinkles and difficulty to evacuate.
- Increase of flow.
- Presence of small balls to the sides of the legs.
- In more serious cases they can be cause of sterility and circulatory upheavals.
Also sensation of slowness or tension in the abdomen, pain during the sexual relations and alteration of the rate are associated to evacuatorio
Many of these cysts produce abnormal amounts of menstrual bled hormones pronouncing itself with irregular or that appear outside the menstruation and increase of the hair
It is important to remember the complications that can present/display these cysts, like its torsion, pronouncing itself with intense abdominal pain and vomits, in these cases is required of an immediate operation