Question 1

can ovarian cancer get worse with nervousness or stress?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: There are not clinical trials that answer this question because it is hard to study.  Stress hormones are adrenaline and cortisol. Cortisol can dampen your immune response and allow tumors to grow more easily, while adrenaline can increase tumor growth and spread.  I believe stress can cause cancer to get worse, but i can't show you a study that proves it.

Question 2

can ovarian cancer get worse with stress and/or nervousness?

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Stress never helps: There is little scientific evidence that stress is actually physically harmful, and i would imagine that it would be difficult to design such a study. Having said that everybody knows someone whose medical problems seemed to get worse because of stress.  I would advise you to minimize your stress levels, if possible. Your circumstances are out of your control. The key is how you handle them.

Question 3

chronic lower left pelvic pain, scans no ovarian cysts/cancer, worse & more frequent, bubbling noise, bloat, nauseous, cnt eat lots, ibs meds dnt help?

Accepted Answer

R.O. volvulus: Symptoms all appear related to the sigmoid region of bowel.  The bubbling, pain and nausea all related to problems at the level of sigmoid colon and may have resulted from volvulus or twisting of redundant bowel.  X rays   to define the sigmoid status and possible colonoscopy will clarify the situation.  If twisting of bowel noted laparoscopic reduction of any bowel twisting may be performed,

Question 4

no history of ovarian cancer, just stressing about pelvic pain so much.. health anxiety may make this worse?

Accepted Answer

Be brave: You've asked and been answered before. Pelvic pain early without a mass is almost never ovarian cancer. I am going to trust you've had a pelvic exam, and if you have cancerphobia this severely, I wouldn't criticize your physician if he/she ultrasounded / imaged you. The key to overcoming this phobia is to act brave, resolve to be composed, perhaps a short course of CBT, ask your Dr.

Question 5

dull ache left ovary lasting a week. not constant, worse at night. should i be concerned about ovarian cancer? pain is 4/10 and radiates to lower back

Accepted Answer

Left abdominal pain: Ovarian cysts are common if one is not on oral birth control, and the pain associated with it usually stops after the cyst ruptures.  See your healthcare provider for an exam and ultrasound if the pain continues.  Ovarian cancer is very unlikely to occur at age 20.

Question 6

i was diag. with uti and given macrobid. 4 days later, still have fever and feel worse! i finished chemo for ovarian cancer in jan. what to do?

Accepted Answer

Call your doctor: It could be that your UTI is due to some bacteria resistant to macrobid. But your symptoms of fever and feeling worse may be due to something else. You should call the doctor who prescribed you Macrobid and let him/her know how you are feeling. Or go to the er if you are feeling extremely sick.

Question 7

mom, lewy body dementia, end stage ovarian cancer, hospice will not treat dementia, (moving faster) meds make dementia worse, hospice can not take care?

Accepted Answer

No good  treatment: To be honest, there is no good treatment  for either lewy body dementia or end stage ovarian cancer. If this were my mom, i would keep her in hospice, spend as much time as  you can with her and keep her comfortable!

Question 8

i have all the symptoms of ovarian cancer and they are worsening. doc did an external ultrasound and pelvic ct and has told me theres nothing wrong. i have sharp pain in the right ovary area which is excruciating during sex. did they miss something?

Accepted Answer

: Probably as your symptoms remain largely unexplained and while work up so far is reassuring as far as ovarian cancer, local inflammation of a different etiology remains likely. Establishing and following up with an Obs-Gyn would be best in trying to elucidate the cause for your symptoms.

Question 9

ovarian cancer symtoms?

Accepted Answer

None specific, early: Unfortunately there are no specific symptoms in early disease, other than vague symptoms like bloating, abdominal discomfort etc. See the following site for more info.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ovarian-cancer/ds00293.

Question 10

do i have ovarian cancer?

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??????: Why would you ask that , did someone tell you you had ovarian cancer or an ovarian mass, if you are worried see your gyn asap and he or she will do an exam , ultrasound to start out with , then blood work to check also if the ultrasound shows anything suspicious, possible but not very common at your gae.

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No history of ovarian cancer, just stressing about pelvic pain so much.. health anxiety may make this worse?

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I was diag. with uti and given macrobid. 4 days later, still have fever and feel worse! i finished chemo for ovarian cancer in jan. what to do?

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I have all the symptoms of ovarian cancer and they are worsening. doc did an external ultrasound and pelvic ct and has told me theres nothing wrong. i have sharp pain in the right ovary area which is excruciating during sex. did they miss something?

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