Aerobics instructor Phuong Anh, 26 years old, experienced severe abdominal pain after teaching her students. Initially, she believed it was appendicitis but a doctor discovered that she had a ruptured ovarian cyst and bleeding.
On April 17, Dr. Le Thanh Hung of the Tam Anh General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City explained that Phuong Anh’s CT results ruled out appendicitis and revealed bleeding from her left ovary. Dr. Hung diagnosed her with a ruptured corpus luteum cyst, which caused intra-abdominal bleeding.
Women possess two ovaries responsible for producing eggs and hormones. During the menstrual cycle, the ovaries create corpus luteum cysts that last for around two weeks from ovulation to the start of the next cycle. Factors such as intense exercise, excessive labor or incorrect sexual intercourse can cause these cysts to rupture, resulting in bleeding.
In Phuong Anh’s case, Dr. Hung attributed her ovarian cyst rupture to her strenuous aerobics workouts, which prevented the bleeding from stopping on its own. If she continued with vigorous exercise there was a risk of further cyst rupture and serious bleeding potentially leading to hemorrhagic shock.
Phuong Anh was hospitalized and given hemostatic drugs to stop the bleeding. Dr. Hung advised that if her condition did not improve surgery might be necessary fortunately after 6-12 hours of treatment Phuong Anh responded well and the bleeding had stopped on its own
