Syndrome differentiation of ovarian cancer

Patients with ovarian cancer often have no obvious symptoms in the early stages, and when symptoms appear, the disease is often in the late stage. Most ovarian cancer patients complain of lower abdominal masses. According to the clinical symptoms of ovarian cancer, Chinese medicine classifies ovarian cancer into Qi stagnation and blood stasis type, phlegm and dampness condensation type, damp-heat stagnation type, and Qi and blood deficiency type. The following introduces the main symptoms of these types.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis type ovarian cancer

The clinical symptoms of patients with Qi stagnation and blood stasis type ovarian cancer are fatigue, dull complexion, emaciation, rough skin, a hard and fixed mass in the lower abdomen, abdominal distension and pain or stabbing pain, which is more severe at night, constipation, yellow urine, dark purple tongue with ecchymosis and petechiae, and a thin and wiry or stringy pulse.

Phlegm-dampness accumulating type ovarian cancer

The clinical symptoms of ovarian cancer patients with phlegm-dampness condensation type are abdominal distension and fullness, occasional nausea, puffy face, fatigue, abdominal lumps, subcutaneous nodules and compression symptoms, thirst and less drinking, yellow urine and dry stools, dull tongue, white and greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse.

Ovarian cancer due to damp-heat stagnation

The clinical symptoms of patients with damp-heat stagnation type ovarian cancer are heavy body and drowsiness, abdominal distension and lumps, dry and bitter mouth and no desire to drink, dry stool, yellow and hot urine, irregular vaginal bleeding, dark tongue, and stringy or slippery pulse.

Qi and blood deficiency type ovarian cancer

Clinical symptoms of patients with Qi and blood deficiency type ovarian cancer include weight loss, fatigue, pale complexion, palpitations