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17 and wondering...From: Kristina (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:59:13 -0500 (CDT)
I am 17 and just found out about PCOS about a month ago. I have had my period for about 4 years and it has never been regular. I skip months often (sometimes going through all of the motions of a period -cramping, bloating, etc.- but never bleeding) and the months when I do bleed it's only for about 3 days. I never worried about it, but then I got a blood test done and they doctor told me that my male hormones were too high...about 10 points higher than the high end of the normal scale. My mom was reading something and came across a PCOS site and started telling me about it. I also experience a loss of hair...I can run my fingers through my hair at any given moment and have some hairs (about 5-7) in my hand. I've been exercising (at least every other day) and eating low carb (for other reasons...I started before I had heard about PCOS) for almost a year and my last two periods have been the closest to normal they've ever been and I don't loose as much hair anymore. My question is...should I still talk to a doctor about this? Will the low carb eating and exercise contain the PCOS or should I still talk to my doctor and get tested to make sure I have it and maybe be put on medication??? Thanks for the help!
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