PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: ? about PCOS

Re: ? about PCOS

From: bluebonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 May 2001 03:02:35 -0500 (CDT)

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the darkened skin on your neck and armpits can be from being insulin resistant, which goes along with pcos, and for a lot of people seems to be the cause of pcos. why it causes this reaction, i dunno. it is definately possible to have normal ovaries and uterus and have pcos. polycystic ovaries are symptom, not the cause of the disease. it is a syndrome, so not everyone has all the same symptoms to the same degree of course. and i agree with mandy that you could have the hormone workup to really check things out. the hairs on your chin and chest-shaving doesnt cause them to get worse, but it can definately seem like that over time because as you said your darkened areas have gotten worse- the hair may have as well. hope this helps!

At Thu, 24 May 2001, Anonymous wrote: >
>Is it possible to have normal ovaries & uterus and still be diagnosed
>with PCOS?
>
>I had a m/c back in March, and a month ago I happened to come across an
>article on PCOS that listed some of the symptoms. I am overweight,
>though I carry it proportinate, never had any acne, but I do have some
>hairs on my chin & chest (though I swear that it did get worse after
>shaving it) and have alot of thin hairs on my upper legs, also I have
>some dark patches on the back on my neck & armpits--my mom took me in
>when I was a kid to have it looked at, and they gave me stuff to make it
>go away but it was only on my back of my neck while the armpit showed up
>within the last couple of years). Anyways, when I had my m/c, I had an
>ultrasound done and the nurse who explained the ultrasound, told us that
>the ultrasound everything was "cleared" out & nothing looked wrong. But
>after reading about PCOS, it seems that the ovaries have cysts--is that
>something that all women diagnosed with PCOS have?
>
>Thanks for listening--and for any answers!
>
>:-)
>Jennifer

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