nabothian cyst

[madraykin.livejournal.com]

Originally posted by madraykin at nabothian cyst

I had a pap smear a couple of days ago and the OBGYN noticed right away that I have a nabothian cyst on my cervix. "it's about the size of a pearl", she said, and "completely normal". After I got home that day I decided to try to feel it for myself and realized that for a while now, i've been thinking that this thing *is* my cervix. It's so big. Is it really normal to have one so large? Has anyone else here had a large nabothian cyst and experienced no problems with it?

I wrote this in 2009 and the nabothian cyst is still there, is this something to worry about? My OB retired recently, I last had a pap in Jan and it was normal...I'm just wondering if I should try to find an OB soon to ask about it or if it really is nothing to worry about.

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[nakedfaery.livejournal.com]

As long as it's not causing any secondary symptoms, then there's no reason to worry. It may go away by itself, it may not do. Afaik, there's no risk of it causing cancer or anything like that. At the worst it might cause cervicitis, in which case it can be treated by being frozen.

[madraykin.livejournal.com]

do you know what kind of secondary symptoms it could cause? Should I be on the lookout for random bleeding or something?
Thanks!

[anthylorrel.livejournal.com]

A little bit of research brought up this information on nabothian cysts.

"Nabothian cysts are considered harmless and usually disappear on their own, although some will persist indefinitely. Nabothian cysts are not considered problematic unless they grow very large and present secondary symptoms. A physician may wish to perform a colposcopy or biopsy on a nabothian cyst to check for cancer or other problems. Two methods for removing these cysts include electrocautery and cryofreezing, although new cysts may form after the procedure."


It seems to me that its nothing to worry about unless you or your doctor notice it getting larger or if you start to have other problems.

[madraykin.livejournal.com]

Thankyou! All I could find was the wikipedia article.

[sktjr169.livejournal.com]

I had some of larger ones of these removed a few years ago even though the doc wasn't concerned about them hurting anything. They showed what was happening on a monitor which I should NOT have looked at, it was really gross. Aside from a bit of spotting and soreness that both went away in a day or so, there were no adverse effects from the removal. I still have a few small ones and they don't seem to be growing so I'll probably leave them alone.

[naked-beauty-21.livejournal.com]

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