Re: Dr Sam and BCP's
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 22 Jan 2002 18:14:40 -0800
I think this may be a difference between the US and Europe. The distinction
is made in the US.
Renee
Zal·nyi S·muel wrote:
>
> Dear Renee,
>
> Thank you for your elaboration, but you are simply wrong.
> The disease we are talking about and most of you have started as Stein-Leventhal syndrome (1930s), after the two US gynecologists, who correctly established the most important symptoms: overweight, hair growth, menstrual irregularities, infertility and they also realized that the ovaries are white, enlarged and contain lot of cysts. It was later recognized that these women may later become diabetics and get endometrial cancer.
> Sometime in the 1970-s it became a fashion to name syndromes after their characteristics hence the name PCO which was later further expanded PCOD (disease) or PCOS (syndrome).
> What you beleive to be PCO is simple ovarian cyst. Cysts in PCO(S) hardly ever burst, because they are to small. Would they burst, there were not so many of them.
> For your info
>
> Sam
>
> > Dr. Sam,
> >
> > I have to disagree with you on this. PCOS and PCO are very different
> > conditions, and not synonyms.
> >
> > PCOS is the complex syndrome with a large number of physical manifestations,
> > including IR, homonal imbalances, weight gain, facial hair, head hair loss,
> > fertility difficulty, etc. Though named PolyCYSTIC Ovarian Syndrome,
> > ovarian
> > cysts are neither sufficient nor necessary. Many PCOSers don't have cysts..
> > The
> > common presentation of cysts, when they occur, is the small "string of
> > pearls"
> > variety. Most women with PCOS know something is wrong, but don't know what,
> > or have difficulty getting answers.
> >
> > PCO is the presence of cysts without the other conditions. The common
> > presentation is isolated large cysts, not a "string." While these cysts can
> > cause pain, may burst, and may need to be drained, the problem is isolated
> > to
> > these cysts. There are many women walking around with PCO who don't know
> > anything is wrong.
> >
> > There are PCOSers who don't have cysts, and PCOers who dont' have PCOS.
> >
> > I just wanted to clarify this point so that women weren't confused and
> > expecting a lifetime of health challenges just because they have a few
> > cysts
> > on their ovaries without the whole syndrome.
> >
> > Renee
> >
> > Zal·nyi S·muel wrote:
> > > PCOS/PCO (the two are synonims).
> >
> > --
> > Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
> > ---
> >
> > Don't follow in the footsteps of the masters. Seek what they sought.
> > --Zen saying
>
--
Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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Don't follow in the footsteps of the masters. Seek what they sought.
--Zen saying
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