What to do if you have leg pain due to ovarian cancer

What to do if you have leg pain due to ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer is a common disease among women, especially those over 30 years old. The occurrence of ovarian cancer is closely related to heredity. Estrogen in the body, long-term smoking, obesity, irregular diet, and endometriosis can also lead to ovarian cancer.

So how do you treat leg pain caused by ovarian cancer?

Ovarian cancer has many typical symptoms, such as abnormal menstruation, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, back pain, lower limb edema, vulvar edema, etc. A small number of patients also experience leg pain. The reason for this is that the local lesions of ovarian cancer are too large, squeezing the surrounding tissues and nerves.

1. Surgical treatment: If the leg pain caused by ovarian cancer meets the surgical indications, surgery should be performed as soon as possible, mainly to remove the ovaries and uterus.

2. Chemotherapy: Most ovarian cancer patients respond well to chemotherapy, which mainly uses chemical drugs, including methotrexate, cyclophosphamide compound and cefotaxime soft capsules.

3. Radiotherapy: The so-called radiotherapy, usually called radiotherapy, is mainly through external irradiation of X-rays. If there is a lot of ascites, this method is not suitable.

4. Painkillers: For leg pain caused by ovarian cancer, if the pain is not very obvious, you can choose ibuprofen for treatment, which can relieve mild or moderate pain. If the symptoms are obvious, you can take dihydrocodeine tartrate controlled-release tablets. This drug is an opioid receptor agonist that can relieve moderate and severe pain.