How To Tell If You Have A Ruptured Ovarian Cyst

You've no doubt heard that ovarian cysts can be serious business. Serious enough to send Lena Dunham to the hospital last year, in fact. But even though they sound scary, they're usually barely perceptible -- until they rupture. In reality, most ovarian cysts are actually a surprisingly common product of your normal monthly cycle, explains Veronica Lerner, MD, a gynecologist at NYU Langone Medical Center. When you ovulate, an egg is released from a follicle on one of your ovaries to take its lit...