A 2008 article in Pediatrics (the journal of the AAP) recommends rear-facing till age 2. âA recent analysis of the protection provided in rear-facing compared with forward-facing car safety seats has revealed that children under the age of 2 years are 75% less likely to die or sustain serious injury when they are in a rear-facing seat.â.
Infection â the cyst fills with bacteria and pus, and becomes an abscess. If the abscess bursts inside the body, there is a risk of blood poisoning (septicaemia). Peritonitis â if an internal cyst bursts, there is a risk of peritonitis, which is inflammation of the membrane lining the abdominal wall.
The cyst could be solid or filled with a fluid. Although in most cases, an ovarian cyst appears and recedes on its own, without the need for any kind of medical treatment, or surgery, sometimes the cyst could enlarge and eventually twists and bursts, which leads to a condition called burst ovarian cyst.