You have a few symptoms. Abdominal pains. Maybe you find
yourself with a little bit of bloating and the once in a while nausea. All
these are common symptoms of ovarian cysts. But if you go to the internet to
find out what exactly you may be suffering from, you may be in for a rude
shock!
Something that first comes to mind
The first thing that will come to your mind when you go through the catalogue of diseases that “internet experts’ may be suggesting that you are suffering from, is pregnancy. That’s not a disease, it’s a condition. And it will be bad or good news depending on whether you want a baby or not; whether your head tells you that the father-to-be is a good gene pool or not; or some unknown reason only known to you.
If you are nowhere near the zone of wanting a lifetime baby commitment
on your hands, that’s the first blood pool that the internet has drawn.
If a baby is something that you really want, you ducked the
first blow. But you are not yet in the clear.
Not yet in the clear
You have nausea and a few other signs that show that you are
pregnant. Great! But what about the pain. The last time you heard, pregnancies
don’t always come with a load of pain. If you are naïve enough to go to turn to
Google, you’ve taken the bait.
Welcome to the sea of internet inspired worry.
A blitz of hard-to-pronounce serious medical conditions
Ever heard of the term preeclampsia. If you haven’t/hadn’t,
don’t worry, you are not alone. It is however something that you might have run
into if you happened to suffer from the common ovarian cyst symptoms of nausea
and pelvic pain. Remember, simple nausea and a little bit of pelvic or abdominal
pain.
Now what is preeclampsia? It’s a disease with a complicated
name that can lead to serious complications. Some added side-effects of this
complication include high blood pressure, changes in your blood vessels that
can lead to swelling of your face, feet and ankles. It affects your vision and
comes with the risks of permanently destroying your kidney and liver.
And preeclampsia is not alone. There is a host of serious
and potentially fatal diseases/conditions that the “internet experts” want you to worry
about. Placental abruption, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and a host of life-threatening
diseases.
And once you go through the list, the only question that you
ask yourself is: Am I going to die?
It’s just ovarian cysts
Nausea and abdominal pain. That’s all this journey started with.
Simple , common and often non-threatening symptoms of ovarian cysts. But if you
turn to the internet for medical advice, you are bound to end up with more
questions, more worries and more nightmares that are unnecessary.
If you are having nausea and you think that you might be
pregnant, go take a pregnancy test. If you are not feeling so great in your
abdomen, go see your physician. There is absolutely no need to go jump into the
bad dark pool of “internet expert advice”. You have done nothing wrong to
deserve this torture.
Simply pick a phone and call. Don’t Google. And if you do,
don’t click. It’s a bad idea. It’s bad for you.
And if you are wondering…
Ovarian cysts are common. Very common. And yes, most times,
you don’t need to do anything about them( cases like these: 5 Shocking And Extreme Cases Of Large Ovarian Cysts are very very rare). Cystic growths usually disappear
on their own. And in case you experience any symptoms, simply pay a visit to
your doctor. Have a check-up.
