He thought he was overweight, but in reality, it was a giant cyst weighing 22 kilos

( Agency N + 1 / Víctor Román). Kayla Rahn, a woman from Alabama ( United States ), who for months had weight, abdominal pain, swelling and breathing difficulties; he was very surprised when he learned the reason for his ailments: a giant tumor weighing nearly 23 kilograms.

Before knowing what it was, the doctors told him to lose weight. "I could not even walk up to my car without losing my breath," said Rahn in an interview for The Washington Post . "I tried to lose weight for about a year, but I was gaining weight," said Rahn. "We went to dinner and someone asked if I had twins and he left, it was frustrating and difficult."

In May, when the pain became overwhelming, her mother took her to Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala. After a series of tests, a large mbad was found in her ovary. "I remember telling my mom that I knew they were going to fix it," Rahn said. "I knew something was wrong."

During the operation, the doctors removed a 22.6-kilogram cyst with the approximate size of a watermelon. "The technical diagnosis was a mucinous cystadenoma," said Dr. Gregory Jones, an obstetrician and gynecologist at the hospital. Although boring, these types of cysts are benign, so the singer will not develop cancer.

Jones, who was in the operating room, said it was something she had seen before, but the size was surprising. "It's one of the biggest I have seen or eliminated," said Dr. Jones. In general, Dr. Jones says that Rahn's operation was a success. "We are very excited that everything is going well for her," said Dr. Jones.

Rahn remained in the intensive care unit for a few days while her organs, which had been tight in her abdomen, began to recover, said Jones who also explained that once the body has been decompressed, some patients may experience changes in blood pressure or problems with electrolytes or kidneys. But Rahn, he says, did it "extremely well".

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Ovarian cysts are common and generally harmless. Many women do not even know that they have them because the cysts appear and disappear without causing any problems. However, in cases where the cysts do not dissolve themselves, they can cause pain and swelling and, when they are not treated, can force the cysts to swell. ovary to wring or break, causing internal bleeding.

Clear for how long Rahn had the cyst, but his surgeon estimated that it was more than a year old. Now she has an incision that extends from her chest to her pelvis, but she says that she is recovering and regaining his confidence in her, wearing clothes that she does not have. Had not been able to wear for a while.

Withdrawn, Rahn has lost 34 pounds and claims to feel much better. But, he wants to remind the public of the importance of putting pressure on their doctors. Jones agrees. "She was looking for help from many doctors, and we did not realize, as a medical community, that we did not realize it," said Jones, stressing the need for patients to ask for help. French scientists have discovered one of the possible causes of polycystic ovarian syndrome, a condition commonly known as cysts in the ovaries that affects between 10% and 18% of women of childbearing age in the world.

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