Homeopathy | Uterine cyst

Homeopathy

In addition to the hormone preparations, plant-based homeopathic remedies can also be used for cyst therapy. These homeopathic remedies usually contain bee venom (apitoxin), which often leads to success. The bee poison attacks the membrane of the cyst and brings these so gently to bursting.

This form of therapy has no side effects and can therefore be recommended. Often, the use of monk pepper (Agnus castus) is used at the same time. Monk’s Pepper normalizes the hormone level and thereby has an effect on progesterone, the corpus luteum hormone, in particular, thus leading to a reduction in the size of the cyst. If the prolactin level is elevated, the production of prolactin is inhibited, whereas if the prolactin level is too low, the production of the hormone is stimulated. However, if it is suspected that the cyst is not benign but potentially malignant, conventional medicine should be used again.

Complications

As a rule, complications with cysts occur very rarely. In some patients, however, the cyst may burst. The bursting leads to severe abdominal pain.

Surgery is only considered if the bursting of a cyst has injured a blood vessel and caused internal bleeding. Especially if the blood gets into the abdominal cavity and is not limited to the inside of the uterus, this can quickly become dangerous. Another complication can be a so-called stem rotation of the cyst.

The cyst rotates once around its own axis. By turning the stem, blood vessels that supply the ovaries or uterus can be squeezed. In such cases, emergency surgery is essential to ensure that the uterus and ovaries are supplied with sufficient blood and do not die.

Signs of stalk twisting are often severe abdominal pain, an increased pulse, nausea up to vomiting and sweating. When examining a cyst, it must also be clarified whether the cyst is a benign or malignant mass. The benign cysts that are usually diagnosed manifest themselves as being rather small and regularly shaped in contrast to the malignant cysts.

If a malignant cyst is suspected, the cyst is completely removed surgically and the material is then examined microscopically for malignancy. The risk of a malignant cyst increases with age and is particularly high after the age of 40. Before an operation is considered, the gynaecologist first tries to treat the cyst with hormone preparations.

If this therapy does not work and the cyst causes more and more symptoms, surgery is then considered. If cysts occur in the postmenopause, i.e. after the menopause, gynecologists decide to operate more often than in young women, as the risk of malignant degeneration is greater. In the case of a cyst, it should always be borne in mind that cysts can tend to degenerate and should therefore always be closely monitored.

If there is any doubt about the benignity of the cyst, the cyst should always be removed for safety reasons. If a patient is frequently plagued by symptomatic cysts, removal of the entire uterus (hysterectomy) may be considered. Nowadays, most cysts can be removed by a so-called laparoscopy (laparoscopy) using a “keyhole technique”, so that the entire abdominal wall does not have to be opened and a better cosmetic result is achieved.

The surgeon penetrates the abdomen through a small incision below the navel. To prevent potentially malignant cells from being carried into the abdomen during cyst removal, the cyst is placed in a small, tear-resistant bag before removal, so that the entire cyst can be removed from the abdomen. During surgery, samples of the cyst are subjected to histological examination (microscopic tissue examination) to ensure that the cyst is not a malignant carcinoma.If it is indeed a carcinoma, the operation must be performed according to oncological criteria.

The removal must be more radical, usually involving an abdominal opening to ensure that all malignant tissue is removed. However, the method, which is usually endoscopic/laparascopic, gives a better cosmetic result due to the small scars and causes less pain and stress for the patient, so that the patient can be discharged from the hospital more quickly. After the operation, hormonal post-operative treatment is necessary for some time to prevent the recurrence of cysts. Research has shown that women who have had a cyst removed surgically tend to develop cysts again within a few months of the operation. Therefore, a so-called combined endoscopic-endocrinological treatment is necessary, i.e. postoperative hormonal post-treatment.