Women of childbearing age experience ‘ovulation’, a phenomenon in which mature eggs are released from the ovaries every month. Usually, two weeks before the start of menstruation, you go through ovulation. It is known that regarding 20% of women of childbearing age experience ovulation pain every month, and it can be accompanied by mild pain to small amounts of vaginal bleeding, nausea, and headache. Let’s solve various questions regarding ovulation pain with Hidak experts.
Women of childbearing age go through ovulation every month | Source: Getty Imagesbank
Q. I suddenly had ovulation pain that was not there, and the pain got worse. Is there any way to mitigate it?
Painful ovulation is an unpleasant feeling experienced by many women, although the symptoms vary in severity. Ovulation pain is a pain that causes peritoneal irritation or changes in intestinal motility as a small amount of hemorrhagic ascites fills the abdominal cavity when the dominant follicle in the ovary ruptures for ovulation every month and damage to the blood vessels around the ovarian capsule is accompanied.
Some women experience ovulatory pain as severe as menstrual cramps. If the pain is severe enough to interfere with your daily activities whenever ovulation occurs, an ovulation inhibitor, such as an oral contraceptive pill, can help relieve the pain.
However, if ovulation pain is more severe, it is important to check the basic obstetrics and gynecological examination of the tissues around the uterus and ovaries for endometriosis, uterine adhesions, or pelvicitis, and then receive related counseling. Therefore, please visit the nearest obstetrics and gynecology clinic to receive more detailed guidance through specialist treatment.
– Hidak Obstetrics and Gynecology Consulting Doctor Miji Kang (Yeonopi Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic)
Q. What are the symptoms of ovulation?
Symptoms of ovulation include abdominal pain, headache, weakness or heaviness in the body, increased breast swelling and sensitivity, and symptoms of ovulation and ovulation.
Ovulation mucus usually starts coming out 2 days before ovulation, and ovulation blood appears regarding 12 to 16 days before menstruation, which can appear depending on your physical condition. Sometimes the feeling in the lower abdomen becomes heavy, but it usually gets better within 2-3 days.
– Hidak Obstetrics and Gynecology Consulting Doctor Hyung-geun Lee (Leeds Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic)
Q. My lower stomach hurts strangely, but I’m not sure if it’s ovulation pain or pelvic pain.
Symptoms of ovulatory pain may include lower abdominal pain, breast tenderness, and small amounts of vaginal bleeding during ovulation.
Symptoms of pelvicitis include pain in the lower abdomen or flank, high fever, vomiting, excessive discharge or smell, and pain during intercourse.
If the pain persists, visit a nearby obstetrician and gynecologist to check the condition of the uterus and ovaries through ultrasound.
– Hidak Obstetrics and Gynecology Consulting Doctor Song Seong-wook (Loan Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic)
Q. The bleeding that started during ovulation continues. Are you okay?
During ovulation, bleeding may occur depending on the condition of the body. Ovulation bleeding is usually less than menstruation and comes with a sticky, clear, mucus vaginal discharge. In some cases, it is accompanied by severe pain in the lower abdomen.
If the bleeding stops within 2 to 3 days and the amount is small, there is no need to go to the hospital.
On the other hand, bleeding may also occur in other situations, such as fatigue, poor physical condition, hormone abnormalities, uterine or ovarian abnormalities, polyps, stress, medications, weight changes, thyroid or other endocrine or systemic diseases. The exact thing can only be known through an examination, so if the symptoms persist, please see a gynecologist.
– Hidak Obstetrics and Gynecology Consulting Doctor Sang-in Shim (Hansarang Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic)
* This article has been reconstructed from a Hidak expert’s answer.
Help = Hidak Consulting Doctor Miji Kang (obstetrician at Yeonopi Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic), Hidak Consulting Doctor Hyung-geun Lee (obstetrician at Riz Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic), Hidak Consultant Dr. Song Seongwook (obstetrician at Loan Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic), Hidak Consultant Sangin Shim Director (Hansarang Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic)
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