Ovaries - a small pair organ that secretes hormones, including estrogen Estrogen - the key to bone health , Regulate the menstrual cycle. Each month the ovaries release an egg. The fallopian tube, it enters the uterus, where it can be fertilized. Out egg from the ovary is called ovulation Ovulation - How to determine as accurately as possible? .

What causes ovarian cysts?

Most cysts - is similar to the bubbles formation with liquid inside. They occur quite often, especially among women in reproductive age.

There are several types of ovarian cysts Types of ovarian cysts: detection and treatment . The most common functional cyst. It is formed when the egg comes out from the follicle, and the follicle continues to grow.

Other types of cysts

• Polycystic ovaries

In polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) follicles do not toil, and do not let the egg. PCOS is a common cause of infertility in women The causes of infertility in women - and the main predisposing factors .

• Endometrioma

Endometriosis - a condition where the cells of the inner walls of the uterus are outside of the uterus; often they are attached to the ovaries and grow, forming endometriomas.

• Cystadenoma

Cystadenoma formed from the outer walls of the cells of the ovaries. They are often filled with a liquid.

• Dermoid cyst

Dermoid cyst contain filigree-like tissue forming the skin, hair and teeth.

What causes ovarian cancer?

Tumors are formed in the ovary as well as in all other organs. Noncancerous tumors are called benign cancers - malignant. Ovarian tumors are of three types:

• Epithelial tumor begins to develop in the cells on the surface of the ovaries. This type of tumor is the most common.
• Germ cell tumors begin to grow in the primordial germ cells, which are formed from the egg.
• Stromal tumors derived from cells that produce the female hormones.

Doctors no consensus on the causes of ovarian cancer, but they have identified several risk factors, including:

• Age: at-risk postmenopausal women
• Smoking
• Adiposity
• Childless women or women who are not breastfed (oral contraceptives greatly reduces this risk)
• Receiving drugs that stimulate ovulation
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Cancer of the ovary, breast, and (or) colorectal cancer in the family or personal history of (even more increases the risk of the presence of the gene BRCA)

Symptoms of ovarian cysts and tumors

Ovarian cysts are often asymptomatic. You may not be aware of them until the gynecologist does not find them in the normal course of the survey. Most of the ovarian cysts are harmless and cause problems only when twisted, are beginning to fill with blood or torn.

If you have at least one of the following symptoms, you need to be checked by a doctor because they may indicate not only on the hands, but also on the tumor in the ovaries. Ovarian cancer often grows much before he was discovered.

Symptoms of ovarian cysts or tumors include:

• Abdominal pain or bloating
• Difficulty urinating, and / or frequent urination
• A dull ache in the lower back
• Pain during sexual intercourse
• Painful menstruation and abnormal heavy bleeding
• Weight Gain
• Nausea and vomiting
• Loss of appetite, rapid saturation

Finding thrush at an early stage, it is not necessary to consult a doctor and rely on special antifungals - in most cases you can cure yeast infection at home. We treat the disease at home has many advantages: traditional medicines affect softer and almost never cause side effects.

Yogurt

Yogurt - one of the most effective helpers in the treatment of thrush at home .  In normal unsweetened yogurt contains a lot of lactic acid bacteria acidophilus - bacteria, which normalizes the microflora in the vagina and neutralizing fungal organisms by generating hydrogen peroxide .  The easiest way to cure yeast infection using yogurt - yogurt is a process affected skin of the vulva and vaginal suppositories with yogurt .  Make a suppository at home is very simple: it is enough freeze yogurt in any tube-plastic container, and then insert the resulting suppository into the vagina .  Cold frozen yogurt compensates unpleasant sensation of itching and burning in the vagina, which accompanies thrush .  Furthermore, for the introduction of yogurt in the vagina can use a conventional syringe without a needle .  For the treatment of thrush is only suitable fresh yogurt flavors and without sugar .  The procedure must be performed once or twice a day until complete disappearance of symptoms .

Yogurt is suitable not only for treatment but also for prevention of yeast and any other fungal diseases. In order to reduce the risk of a fungal infection, every day is enough to eat fresh yogurt with no sugar, flavorings, colorings and other additives.

Garlic

Garlic contains large amounts of the substance, neutralizing fungal microorganisms. Garlic is regarded as one of the most effective means to combat thrush and other fungal diseases. The easiest way to use garlic in the treatment of thrush - is to create a kind of tampon How to use sanitary pad - basic precautions   garlic. A fresh clove of garlic must be peeled, wrapped with gauze and bandage ordinary dental floss, leaving the tip of the thread free. Then you must enter the resulting tampon into the vagina, leaving a few hours - for example, at night - in the morning to pull out of the tip of the thread. The same procedure should be repeated every day, until the complete disappearance of symptoms. During the most intense symptoms of thrush procedure can be carried out twice a day - morning and evening. However, if the disease is running, only one garlic Garlic health: almost a panacea   yeast infection cure is not possible.

Tea tree oil

Tea tree oil - another useful help in the fight against fungal infections and, in particular, with thrush. For the treatment of thrush suitable conventional swabs soaked in tea tree oil Tea tree oil . The tampon is necessary to impregnate a lubricant (such as Vaseline or olive oil), then add a few drops on top of pure tea tree oil (lubricant oil prevents absorption of a tampon) and inserted into the vagina.

Boric acid

Boric acid neutralizes perfectly fungal microorganisms .  Capsules boric acid, sold in pharmacies, can be used as a vaginal suppository - under the influence of body temperature and humid environment in the vagina capsule melt allocate boric acid .  For the treatment of thrush is necessary to use capsules the size of 00 (in a capsule contains about three hundred milligrams of boric acid), inserting a suppository into the vagina every day for a week .  To prevent recurrence of the disease is better to continue to use boric acid twice a week for another three weeks .  Boric acid helps to cure thrush in the most severe cases .  Such a method of treatment of thrush at home there, however, and few side effects: boric acid can cause a burning sensation and discomfort .  If the introduction of a suppository observed intense burning, the use of boric acid in the treatment of thrush should be abandoned .

Potassium sorbate

Potassium sorbate - a powerful fungicide that is often used for food preservation. For the treatment of thrush is necessary to prepare a three-percent solution of potassium sorbate by dissolving one teaspoon of the substance (eight grams) in a glass of water. The resulting solution should be wetted cotton swab and insert it into the vagina, leaving the night.

Gentian violet

One of the oldest traditional medicine, medicinal gentian violet dye used to treat fungal diseases even before most of today's anti-fungal drugs and antibiotics. Buy gentian violet can be in some pharmacies. The dye must be applied to the skin of the vulva and vagina once or twice a day for several days. Treatment of thrush in this way requires some precautions - in particular, the best to wear black clothes and to use sanitary napkins, as gentian violet, powerful dye leaves bright purple spots. Furthermore, the dye may cause an allergic reaction is intense.

Cranberry

Cranberry and cranberry juice is often used to treat bladder infections at home and not less useful in the treatment of yeast. Cranberry juice can be used for irrigation during fungal infections, but often it is used as a therapeutic berry additional agent for the treatment of thrush - in combination with other methods of treating the disease at home.

Aloe

One of the most popular medicinal herbs, aloe Aloe - its amazing healing properties   faith helps in the treatment of many diseases, and may be useful for thrush. To ease the unpleasant sensation of itching, which in most cases is accompanied by thrush, enough to soak a cotton pad cold aloe juice and apply on the vulva. By itself, the aloe juice does not destroy the fungal microorganisms, so only aloe thrush at home can not be cured - but aloe juice effectively helps relieve itching.