Patient's question:
I am 38 years old this year. Previously, my menstruation has always been quite irregular, and after a thorough examination at the hospital, it was diagnosed as an ovarian cyst. Hello, why do ovarian cysts occur?Doctor's answer:
There is a common type of ovarian cyst called endometrioma, which may be related to the retrograde flow of menstrual blood. In normal women, menstrual blood flows out through the vagina during menstruation. However, some of the menstrual blood may flow through the fallopian tubes to the pelvic cavity or even to the ovaries. The endometrium implants on the ovaries, and it also bleeds with the menstrual cycle. At this point, the bleeding cannot be expelled, so it forms a common type of ovarian endometrioma. Ovarian endometriomas also have many other causes, such as genetic factors or immune factors, etc.