Can pregnancy cause ovarian cysts?

Can pregnancy cause ovarian cysts?

Ovarian cysts have various properties and forms, namely: unilateral or bilateral, cystic or solid, benign or malignant, among which cystic ones are more common, with a certain proportion of malignant ones.

Generally speaking, pregnancy does not cause ovarian cysts. Patients with pregnancy complicated by ovarian tumors mainly have ovarian tumors first and then conceive. The reasons for ovarian cysts before pregnancy are:

1. Genetic factors

According to statistics, 20% to 25% of ovarian tumor patients have a family history.

2. Environmental factors

Food contamination, such as plant growth hormones used in vegetables, hormone components such as clenbuterol in formula feeding of livestock and poultry. In recent years, with the improvement of living standards and changes in eating habits in my country, and the abuse of hormone drugs and tonics such as breast enhancement, weight loss, and anti-aging by some young and middle-aged women, the high incidence and younger age of ovarian tumors may also be related.

3. Lifestyle factors

Long-term bad diet structure, living habits, and excessive psychological stress can lead to physiological ovarian cysts and true ovarian tumors.

4. Endocrine factors

The ovary is an important organ for ovulation and secretion of gonadal hormones. Ovarian tumors often occur during the reproductive age. Clinically, the basic pathophysiological changes of many patients with ovarian cysts and polycystic ovary syndrome are that the ovaries produce too much androgen, and the excessive production of androgen is the result of the synergistic effects of the abnormal functions of multiple endocrine systems in the body.