There are times when ovarian cysts can be a pain – literally
and figuratively. Their signs can be a nuisance. They can be downright brutal.
And there are times when symptoms of ovarian cysts can be confusing.
They can make you think that you are pregnant when you are
not – some women have gone to hospital thinking that they are pregnant only to
find out that tiny little cysts are to blame for all their pregnancy-like
sufferings.
Here are some of the most common ovarian cyst symptoms that
can lead you to mistakenly believe that you are pregnant.
Nausea
This is the i-want-to-vomit feeling that most women
experience at the onset of pregnancy. Morning sickness is what many people call
it. But it turns out that pregnancy doesn’t have a monopoly on this symptom.
Ovarian cysts can also cause nausea.
Vomiting
Sometimes nausea usually leads to vomiting. And sometimes it
doesn’t. This varies from person to person. And it is an effect that both
pregnancy and ovarian cysts have on the body of a healthy woman of a
child-bearing age.
And just to add to the confusion, getting rid of the nauseafeeling or the vomiting bouts sort of involves almost similar strategies,
independent of the cause of the feeling or the bouts. Nausea is nausea. And
vomiting is vomiting.
And it all somehow has something to do with the hormonal
swings that happens when a woman is either pregnant or when she has ovarian
cysts.
Increase in weight
There is a woman who despite her best efforts to reduce
weight, noticed that she was getting bigger and bigger. On going to a doctor to
get to the root of the problem, she found out that she had large ovarian cysts
to blame.
There is really no secret when it comes to the effect that
pregnancy has on a woman. There is the effect of hormones to contend with. The
weird cravings and also the added weight of the incoming passenger. Escaping a
weight gain when pregnant is almost impossible.
This is so confusing because how do you really tell the difference?
Maybe not having a pregnancy glow?
Now, seriously…
Telling the difference between ovarian cysts and pregnancy
There are different ways to tell the difference between the symptomsof pregnancy and those of cysts. One way is using a pregnancy test. But a
surer way is to visit a physician and have him/her perform an ultra-sound exam.
There is a shape difference between an ovarian cyst and a baby. Babies also
have a heartbeat. Telling the difference won’t be hard.
But now that you know, you always have to pause and think before
reaching for that pregnancy kit. Is it ovarian cysts or is a pregnancy?
