Malignant tumors do not appear for a long time. And the dislike of preventive examinations for most women often leads to their neglect. But most of the neoplasms are curable.
To give a feeling of ill-being is possible for a month with cancer, which changes as with the defeat of the reproductive organs, so if the tumor appears on the thyroid gland.
Influence of malignant cells on the body
Under the influence of many factors, ordinary cells can change their properties, that is, begin to uncontrollably share, and also penetrate into neighboring tissues. Another of their negative qualities is the release of toxins that poison the body and interfere with its functioning.
It is natural that the monthly for a tumor can acquire a different appearance, especially when it is located on the ovaries, any areas of the uterus. It is the state of these organs that determines the menstrual process and the cycle in general.
Sometimes the impact on the functions of the reproductive system is such that a woman does not understand if the periods in cancer go in principle. It seems to many that the disease means a sentence, at least in relation to everything related to procreation.
In fact, there are many cases where babies were born after the mother was removed from the tumor. That is, if the organs are preserved, the menstruation during the cancer will be mandatory in the case of treatment not yet begun or specifically directed at suppressing this function.
Cancer of the uterus
Extension of the cycle
This feature, like a delay in menstrual, cancer makes possible for two reasons:
- Braking processes associated with the production of hormones. Tumors on the ovary, thyroid gland interfere with the normal functioning of the organs. Their development is hampered by increased cell division, the body's resources are spent on this, and not on the development of the necessary substances. Immunity is not able to recognize "bad" and ordinary tissues, so it is not possible to prevent the spread of the first.
- Intoxication of the body. Substances produced by malignant cells do not cause bad health at the initial stage, but their influence on the work of internal organs can not be denied. Chronic poisoning, which eventually increases, prevents the renewal of healthy cells. And without it there is no menstruation.
Delay of menstruation with cervical cancer, which seems to be not directly involved in them, but serves as a corridor for passage of secretions, is also a characteristic sign. Even a hidden inflammatory process can interfere with the development of the inner covering of the organ, the upper layer of which separates during critical days.
Tumor of the uterus
This organ and normally undergoes major changes during menstruation. Malignant tumor is a serious disease, so a woman may have a question: do menstrual periods go on with cancer of the uterus? Menstruation does not stop, but changes even at an early stage of the disease:
- They can become scarier than before, then vice versa, go more intensely. The first is observed more often at the beginning of the development of the disease, the latter is found at a more serious stage. In two consecutive cycles, a completely different amount of menstrual mucus may come out;
- Monthly for uterine cancer is interspersed with secretions between critical days. A woman may feel that this is a period of menstruation, although in fact, the appearance of blood from the genital tract with the maturation and decay of the egg is not connected in any way;
- Sometimes discharge delivers discomfort in the form of itching and putrefactive odor, as with advanced sexual infections;
- Critical days pass with painful sensations, which were not manifested before. That is, unpleasant symptoms at this time are also in healthy women, but rarely last until the end of menstruation. But their sudden intensification, as well as pain before the onset of critical days and not stopping until the last of them can become a sign of the appearance of a tumor;
- In case of uterine cancer, menstrual flow sometimes with a changed color of discharge. This is caused by the development of mutated cells of clear or purulent fluid. It can be excreted on other days of the cycle, but when menstruating gives the discharge a brown color, or, conversely, a darker red, sometimes almost black;
- Puffiness of the genitals, peculiar to some as a sign of PMS, can increase so much that a woman has a sensation of the presence of a foreign object in the vagina.
Cervical cancer
How does it affect menstruation?
Monthly for cervical cancer are also able to point out the disadvantages in the genital area. This part of the body produces secretions that ensure the maintenance of normal microflora in this area of the reproductive system, so the changes may be more noticeable than with other malignant tumor localization.
The latter are transparent, yellowish, the color of diluted blood, brown, but always watery. Therefore, menstruation usually long, frequent, painful.
It is easy for them to accept those not related to the selection cycle, going with a small physical effort, for example, urination. Monthly with such a cancer are supplemented and bleeding after sex, to strengthen them can use tampons. This is due to the increased sensitivity of the epithelium of the cervix to touch.
This cause also increases the risk of infection in the genitals, which will give the discharge an unpleasant odor, different from what is felt during normal menstruation.
We recommend that you read an article about the menstrual cycle after cervical biopsy. Learn about the indications for carrying out this diagnostic procedure, its effect on the duration and nature of the monthly, and also on its conduct.
Ovarian tumor
Because the ovaries are responsible for the readiness of the germ cell for fertilization, that is, play a crucial role in the menstrual period, there are logical doubts as to whether they can work normally if they have a tumor. And the most important of them: are the men with ovaries cancer?
The process can begin in one of the paired organs. At this stage, one of the signs is a delay that does not repeat in one cycle. With the defeat of both organs, the second stage begins, on which the changes are more obvious:
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Ovarian cancer
Monthly in ovarian cancer becomes more scarce due to a disturbance in their functioning of the hormone deficiency;
- Delays are more prolonged due to difficulties with the maturation of the egg and the endometrial overdevelopment provoked by this. In some forms of the tumor, menstruation ceases altogether, the voice coarsens and the hair appears on the face;
- In ovarian cancer, menstrual pains not only in the lower segment of the abdomen, as usual, but also in the lateral part, where the organ is located;
- Menstrualnopodobnoe bleeding can open after sex or lifting the gravity, and sometimes without any apparent reason. These secretions, unlike the real ones, are abundant, prolonged and provoked by the fact that the malignant neoplasm itself produces hormones.
Tumor thyroid and menstruation: Is there a connection?
With malignant tumors of the reproductive organs, the situation with menstruation is more or less clear, here is a direct link. But what happens to the reproductive system when the thyroid gland is damaged and after treatment?
It's no secret that the thyroid gland produces hormones necessary for the full functioning of the whole organism. First of all, it is thyroxine and triiodothyronine. Immunity depends on them, but also the production of sex hormones that regulate menstruation.
Therefore, monthly, after removal of thyroid cancer, even with mandatory therapy with the missing substances with the help of medications suffer changes:
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Thyroid cancer
There may be a delay caused by the deficiency of sex hormones. Especially it is characteristic for the first months after the operation, when the body becomes accustomed to exist without thyroid gland. In this case, the psychological state is of great importance. If there is depression, irritability, which is noted in most cases, the delay can be prolonged, up to 2-3 months. And the next six months the cycle "swims";
- The volume of excreta is reduced to scant. Endometrium in the proliferative phase of the cycle thickens slightly, hence, a small number of tissues are rejected at the second stage;
- The duration of menstruation is reduced to 2-3 days. This is a consequence of the thinned mucosa of the uterus;
- Soreness of the monthly may first increase due to swelling of the tissues. This happens mostly with full women;
- Ovulation does not occur in every menstrual period. Deficiency of thyroid hormones interferes with the production of FSH and LH, so the egg can ripen to several times a year, and not 11-12, as in full health.
In some cases, for this diagnosis, medications are prescribed to restore the cycle.
We recommend reading the article on the causes of frequent menstruation. You will learn that a disorder of the menstrual cycle can cause hormonal failure, foreign objects, tumors, other gynecological diseases, as well as pregnancy.
Monthly, arising from genital or thyroid cancer, do not always change so clearly that they can be suspected of a disease. Especially it concerns the early stage, the signs can be hardly noticeable.
And yet the changes in the cycle can become the first signal of malaise. To a greater extent, they concern not even the strengthening of the pain syndrome, but delays and the volume of secretions. And therefore it is better to find out the reasons for the strangeness in the doctor's office, so that it will not be too late.