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Causes of ovarian pain are wide-ranging. The exact cause of this pain can only be determined through proper medical examination or endovaginal ultrasound. Nevertheless, it is important to study the nature and frequency of the pain in order to have a proper timely diagnosis.
Usual pain that most women experience during their menstruation periods comes from their ovaries. Ovaries are responsible for ovulation and hence any kind of unlikely variation in this process can cause pain during this stage. Ovarian cyst is the most common factor that causes pain in more than 40 percent of the cases. These cysts are of different types depending on their causative factors. Women who take fertility 
medication are at a high risk of developing ovarian cysts. Such medicines lead to increased levels of female hormones that can result in painful cystic growths on the ovaries.
Moderate pain during menstruation can be due to the presence of a functional follicular cyst which is also known as Graafian follicle cyst. However, rupture of this kind of cysts can cause immense pain. Hemorrhagic cyst is a functional cyst that usually causes severe abdominal pain. This is a normal cyst but due to internal hemorrhage the cyst gets filled with blood and when it breaks it causes lower abdominal or pelvic pain. However, it is not necessary that a hemorrhagic cyst should break and cause bleeding. It can be resolved through proper pain medication and antibiotics. Most of the ovarian cysts can cause pain on exertion. They can cause pain during urination or whenever the pelvic organs experience some kind of pressure. Pain during intercourse is also a strong indication of presence of an ovarian cyst. Frequent cystic formation can be dangerous and can lead to more serious conditions or infections. Hence it is advisable that the patient responds to her pain symptoms as early as possible and gets appropriate remedial measures implemented.
In case of pregnancy, pain in the ovaries should be carefully monitored. It can be caused due to ectopic pregnancy occurring in one of the ovaries. The pain might not be severe in the beginning but still a diagnostic producer is highly indicated. Ovarian infections can also cause excessive ovarian pain. Infection can be due to various reasons and it is associated with symptoms that are not limited to pelvic pain. Infection in the uterus or fallopian tubes can spread to ovaries quite fast. It can lead to formation of painful abscess or a pus-filled cyst. It should be treated right from its onset with proper antibiotic regimen. In worsened cases, surgical removal of infected cysts or abscesses is done.
Tumors or cancerous growth in ovaries can also result in severe pain, persistently recurrent in nature.