I am confused about cyst?!
Question: I went to the doctors last night for an ultra sound, becasue i have some slight pains because before i have my period. and becasue my periods are any where from 29-45 days apart. My gyno sent me for an ultrasound, to check for cysts. (she is also trying to confirm whether or not i have PCOS). so i go in and the nurse does an ultra sound and she stated that my ovaries and uterus look great. when i was getting dressed, i asked her, if i had PCOS would be be able to see that. she said some times there will little "micro"cyst or something(sorry i forgot exactly what she said). but then she stated that i have cysts. i dont get it. i am waiting for the doc to call me( since i only had it done last night), but do some women have cysts and is some cysts normal?.. i dont understand why she would say everything looks fine, but then i have cysts?
Answers: I went to the doctors last night for an ultra sound, becasue i have some slight pains because before i have my period. and becasue my periods are any where from 29-45 days apart. My gyno sent me for an ultrasound, to check for cysts. (she is also trying to confirm whether or not i have PCOS). so i go in and the nurse does an ultra sound and she stated that my ovaries and uterus look great. when i was getting dressed, i asked her, if i had PCOS would be be able to see that. she said some times there will little "micro"cyst or something(sorry i forgot exactly what she said). but then she stated that i have cysts. i dont get it. i am waiting for the doc to call me( since i only had it done last night), but do some women have cysts and is some cysts normal?.. i dont understand why she would say everything looks fine, but then i have cysts?
Ok, hope this helps!
Each menstrual cycle the ovaries actually produce around 30 'pre-eggs' called follicules. Throughout the length of the cycle they are exposed to the female hormones and begin to grow and develop into proper eggs. Just around the time of ovulation, there is a spike in progesterone levels, and the very best follicule will respond to this and develop into a proper egg and be ovulated into the fallopian tubes. This will be discarded in your next period if it remains unfertilised.
As for the 29 other follicules that didnt make it into eggs. They decrease in size and form teeny cysts which cause no bother. This is what she was probably talking about. Every woman has small cysts on her ovaries from all these follicules and they are nothing to worry about.
In PCOS, there are abnormal hormone levels which means no eggs are ovulated and the follicules dont turn into little cysts, but bigger ones visible on ultrasound.
It is common to have ovarian cysts. Sometimes they can grow and become a problem and are very painful. I would wait for your doctor to call rather than take anything that a ultrasound tech tells you. They are only knowledgeable about their machines and administering the ultrasound tests. They are not able to diagnose your condition.