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Re: Cortisol and abdominal fat
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:49:24 -0800

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Hi,
Adrenal hyperplasia and Cushing's disease are two conditions which have similar symptoms to PCOS. Both means hyperproduction of corticosteroids plus androgens from the adrenals (therefore the similarity). Your endocrinologist should distinguish between them.
Sam
> Once again, I am asking for both info and help. Although my daughter
> has been taking 1500 mg of metformin, yasmin, low carbing, and
> excercising 15 hours per week, she has not lost any weight around her
> middle.. I recently read an article where researchers from Yale have
> uncovered a link between the stress hormon cortisol and abdominal fat in
> otherwise slender women. Her reproductive endrocrinologist asked if
> possibly her headaches could be stress related because she has been
> having headaches about 12 days out of each month. Does anyone have any
> info on cortisol and pcos? Is there a test my daughter could have done?
> Thanks, you are all great.
>

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