What are the symptoms of ovarian cancer

Everyone knows that ovarian cancer can threaten women's lives, so we must not be careless when facing such a disease, otherwise it will cause us serious harm. If you want to detect it as soon as possible, you need to understand its symptoms. The following will introduce to you what symptoms ovarian cancer can bring us.

1. Age: It mostly occurs in perimenopausal women. Those over 35 years old are more likely to develop ovarian epithelial cancer, while those under 35 years old are more likely to develop germ cell malignant tumors.

2. Pain: Ovarian cancer may cause a considerable degree of persistent pain due to changes in the tumor, such as bleeding, necrosis, and rapid growth. During examination, local tenderness is found.

3. Irregular menstruation: irregular uterine bleeding, postmenopausal bleeding

4. Weight loss: Progressive weight loss in the late stage.

5. Bilateral lower abdominal masses due to ovarian cancer: 75% of malignant ovarian tumors grow bilaterally, while only 15% of benign ovarian tumors grow bilaterally.

6. Fixed mass: This is one of the characteristics of ovarian malignant tumors.

7. Ascites: Although benign ovarian tumors, such as fibroids or papillary cystadenomas, may also be complicated by ascites, malignant ovarian tumors are more likely to be complicated by ascites. In addition, the ascites is often bloody because the malignant tumor cells have penetrated the tumor wall or have metastasized to the peritoneum.

8. Cachexia: Patients with a prolonged course of the disease will show cachexia symptoms such as progressive weight loss, fatigue and listlessness due to long-term consumption and loss of appetite.

Through the detailed introduction of the above experts, I believe you also understand the symptoms that ovarian cancer brings us. For your own health, you must do a good job in disease prevention and stay away from various sources of ovarian cancer as much as possible. If it is still unavoidable, you must also understand its symptoms and go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.