Necessary nursing measures for patients with ovarian cysts

Patients with ovarian cysts should strengthen the following three aspects of care in their daily lives.

1. Condition monitoring and nursing

If the ovarian cyst is small and less than 5 cm in diameter, it can be monitored for 4 to 6 weeks. If the cyst shows a trend of shrinking or does not increase in size, no special treatment is required for the time being. This may be a non-neoplastic cyst, which generally disappears on its own. However, if the cyst continues to increase in size, especially if the diameter is greater than 5 cm, surgical treatment should be taken immediately, so it is important to monitor and care for the patient's condition.

2. Diet care

The dietary care of patients with ovarian cysts is divided into two aspects. The diet in the conservative treatment stage should be mainly light and nutritionally balanced. The dietary care in the surgical treatment stage should be determined according to the progress of the operation. Liquid diet can be given 6 hours after the operation. After the patient has exhaled gas, semi-liquid diet and soft diet can be gradually added, and finally normal diet can be given.

3. Fertility care

When the nature of the ovarian cyst is unknown, the patient should postpone the pregnancy plan. If it is a tumor cyst, the patient should consider childbearing after surgical removal and confirmation of benign tumor, otherwise it is easy to cause malignant transformation during pregnancy, or cause it to block the birth canal, or even cause the tumor to twist and rupture. If it is a chocolate cyst, the patient should consider childbearing after surgical removal. If it is a corpus luteum cyst caused by hydatidiform mole, the patient should consider childbearing 2 years after treatment.