Treatment of Ovarian Cysts - Does it Have to Be a Temporary Fix?

Is the treatment of ovarian cysts something that you're familiar with? Have you had problems with them before? If you have, you can probably look forward to continuing problems unless you address the root causes of ovarian cysts.

If this is your first time being treated for ovarian cysts, then you will soon discover that there are basically three types of treatments and all three are temporary fixes.

The first treatment is to do nothing. The medical world calls this watchful waiting. If you are not displaying symptoms and your ultrasound does not reveal suspicious cysts, your doctor will simply monitor your progress over the next two or three menstrual cycles and hope the cyst goes away on its own.

The second form of treatment for ovarian cysts is hormonal therapy. Often birth control pills will be prescribed to regulate menstrual cycles. These pills will prevent the ovary from releasing the egg in an effort to prevent further cysts from forming but do nothing for the cysts that already exist. Obviously if you want to become pregnant, you'll have to stop the birth control therapy which means you risk having additional cysts.

Surgery becomes an option when the cyst simply will not resolve itself, appears suspicious, or simply is so large that it is an obstruction to other organs and creates a great deal of pain. A laparoscopy is used when removing a small cyst. This involves a small incision and a tube like device that allows the physician to both see and remove the cyst. Larger cysts and those suspected of being cancerous are removed in a procedure called laparotomy which is a larger incision which allows the removal of an ovary or the entire uterus if required.

One would think that surgery would end the possibility of future ovarian cysts but it doesn't. It does no more to prevent cysts than the hormone therapy.

Regardless if this is your first experience with ovarian cysts or if you have been through this before, they will be a part of your life until you address the root cause. Traditional medicine focuses on fixing what is wrong today, not what can prevent it from occurring in the future. There is no traditional pharmaceutical product that can prevent cysts.

There are however, holistic approaches that involve a change in diet, exercise and stress management that can not only end the pain quickly, but dissolve the cysts within weeks and prevent recurrences.

It's your body. You have to take on the responsibility of knowing and understanding what therapy is best for you. If you can commit to a healthy lifestyle that will not only end your ovarian cyst problem but give you a longer healthier life, then you owe it to yourself to research holistic approaches.