Re: causes of pcos -part 2
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 07:03:55 +0200
Hi Char,
Forget about the link between PCOS and tubal ligation. PCOS is a metabolic disorder the core of which is insulin resistance (IR). You may have had IR earlier as indicated by the two huge babies. Causal treatment for PCOS is insulin sensitizers.
For your info
Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)
> i have read a variety of info on natural healing on pcos. one recomendation
>
> is to use castor oil hot packs. one day i will get around to trying it.
> pcos does not run in my family. i have had beautiful skin and normal
> periods
> and three normal pregnancies, except the last two were huge babies. after
> my
> third i went through post partum depression as she had failure to thrive
> syndrome. ok now of course. anyway, i never got my cycle back after the
> 3rd
> child. i also had a tubal after having her. anyway they gave me a shot to
> start my cycle and it never started, so i went back and got another shot and
>
> seemed ok. about a year or so later i started developing pcos symptoms.
> didnt know i had a hormonal disorder just figured it was adult acne...facial
>
> hair. hey i was so busy trying to keep up with it that i didnt go to a dr.
>
> anyway i was diagnosed 2 years later i think. the longer i have had it the
> worse it gets.
> so now when a book tells me that tubal ligations cause pcos i believe.
> every
> other person i have met in person who has pcos has had a tubal......
> when i find the book i will let ya know.
> char
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