Patient Comments: Cysts - Effective Treatments
The symptoms of cysts can vary greatly from patient to patient. What were your initial symptoms?
Published: June 05
Its about the size of a pea and when I press on it I can feel the fluid in it. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: June 03
I have cysts in the back of my leg. I'm an athlete in high school and the cyst pulls on my groin and hamstring whenever I stretch. My dad has had the same kind of cyst in the same place for over 20 years now and it bothers him too. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: June 02
I have a large lump under my underarm and have a little pain. I know its a cysts because i had 2 removed from under my other armpit and it was caused by being allergic to scented deodorant. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: June 02
I had a small half penny size bump on my upper bank, normal skin colored, no pain. My doctor looked at it, said it was a cyst and not to worry about it. Tonight at work, I bumped into wall backwards, and now my cyst is DARK red, and the size of a penny and hurts. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: June 02
Large, red swollen lump on my scalp. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: June 02
I had a pea size cyst on my back, which became abscessed. Doctor lanced it, squeezed all of the abscess out. Now, two years later, the same spot has a large, bump there. No bother to me except it looks gross. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: May 23
I have small lumps on the inside of my thighs that sometimes grow about the size of a quarter, when squeezed it draws out puss, blood or clear white fluid. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: May 23
I had cyst removed from my back, and now it has spread. I have four more smaller ones and one about the size of a silver dollar, it is red, and irritated, and it hurts. I don't know what to use or how to stop the irritation. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: bossy chick, 25-34 Female (Patient)
Published: August 07
I suffer from ovarian cysts. They are very painful. At times, it feels as if I am having bad cramps. The pain can even feel as bad as contractions. I had one rupture and it was so bad, I had to get my appendix removed. I now have another one on my right ovary. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: August 04
I have a cyst in my upper buttock area, it only flares up every once in a great while, sometimes it will burst and I'll go on about my life as normal, but other times it flares up and I have to see a doctor because the scar tissue will be too strong for the liquid to break through, I would get surgery on it, but it was nearly $2,000 just to have a doctor poke at it then send into a nurse to do the work Was this comment helpful?Yes
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I have a cyst on the bottom of my tongue and one on my voice box the surgeon says he cannot operate on me because I have a chronic breathing condition and it would not be safe to put me under anesthetic is there any other way of dealing with the cysts?