Is ovarian cancer similar to early pregnancy?

If a woman has unexplained symptoms similar to pregnancy, she should pay attention. Do not just think that she is pregnant and ignore it, because this may be a precursor to ovarian cancer. She must go to the hospital for a check-up. Regarding pregnancy with ovarian cancer, the following article introduces the main symptoms of ovarian cancer to female friends.

1. Increased abdominal circumference and abdominal tumors

It is the most common phenomenon in the main complaint. The patient finds that his clothes or belt seem tight, and then he notices that his abdomen is enlarged, or he feels it accidentally in the morning, so he presses his abdomen and finds that there is a mass in the abdomen, plus abdominal distension and discomfort.

2. Abdominal pain

If the tumor has no complications, there is very little pain. Therefore, if an ovarian tumor patient feels abdominal pain, especially if it occurs suddenly, it is mostly due to the twisting of the tumor pedicle, or occasionally due to tumor rupture, bleeding or infection. In addition, malignant cysts often cause abdominal pain and leg pain, and the pain often causes patients to seek emergency treatment.

3. Menstrual disorders

Generally, ovarian cysts, even bilateral ovarian cysts, do not cause menstrual disorders because they do not destroy all normal ovarian tissues. Some uterine bleeding is not endocrine, but may be caused by ovarian tumors that change the pelvic blood vessels, causing endometrial congestion; or by ovarian malignant tumors that directly metastasize to the endometrium. Menstrual disorders caused by endocrine tumors are often combined with other secretory effects.

Do not mistake ovarian cancer for pregnancy. Ovarian cancer is generally more common in menopausal and postmenopausal women around 50 years old, but it can also occur in young and middle-aged women between 20 and 30 years old. If women find that they have menstrual disorders, nausea, stomach discomfort, loss of appetite, indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, etc., they must not diagnose themselves as pregnant, because this may also be a sign of ovarian cancer quietly invading, and they should pay special attention.