PCOS - A New Epidemic Causing Infertility and More
What Is PCOS? PCOS refers to multiple cysts on the ovaries and a host of other problems that go on with them, including lack of ovulation and menstrual abnormalities, facial hair, manly pattern baldness, acne, and weight gain. Women suffering from this condition may also have varying degrees of insulin resistance and an increased prevalence of Type II diabetes, high cholesterol & elevated androgen situations. What are the symptoms of PCOS? You may stop ovulating, or it becomes infrequent have trouble falling pregnant experience hard hair on the face and body suffer from acne experience high blood pressure suffer from high cholesterol develop elevated insulin situations or insulin resistance gain weight steadily for no real reason suffer mood changes & last but not least your periods stop, come irregular or painful & your hair thins What are its causes? PCOS occurs when a woman does not ovulate, which causes a disruption in the normal, cyclical interaction among her hormon