WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2007: Re: TOOMANYSYMPTOMS?: This has to resemble some known disease or problem but I can't figure it out.

Re: TOOMANYSYMPTOMS?: This has to resemble some known disease or problem but I can't figure it out.

From: Walter Futterweit, MD, FACE,FACP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:15:41 -0500 (CDT)

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I noted with interest your email re: the bodyhair and sweats. The cause of COARSE body hair throughout the body is a sign of male hormone abnormalities. Most endocrinologists agree that a symptom like this requires investigation for polycystic ovary syndrome. What are your periods like? Moreover, sweats possibly may be a reflection of insulin excess and I have noted this in the histories of at least 40% of my PCOS patients. A good start is to get an endocrinologist who also will check for adrenal disorders and insulin resistance and perform routine thyroid tests. More info is really needed, and love to hear a follow-up on your malady. Best wishes, Walter Futterweit, MD

At Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Jenn wrote: >
>I am 29 year old white female.
>
>I have suffered my whole life with excessive body hair. I'm not like a
>gorilla but ever since I was a teenager, I have had very very coarse
>black hair around my nipples - excessively. I always tweeze. As I've
>gotten older, they grow faster and more and even some fine ones.
>
>Same thing with my face. I can pinpoint about 10 spots that grow THICK
>dark hair that I have to tweeze on my chin and neck.
>
>I also have a sweating problem. I don't even have to be hot and I
>perspire a LOT. I don't have body odor but just excessive sweating.
>
>Don't know if it matters but I also have an anxiety/panic disorder and
>have panic attacks - mostly heart palpitations daily.
>
>Please help me look for where to start looking. I don't even know where
>to begin. I know I need to go to the doctor but I don't know which to
>start at and how to approach it, its' VERY embarassing to me.

--
Walter Futterweit, MD, FACP, FACE
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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