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Re: PO & POS
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:28:08 -0400
Also, please remember...
you can have polycystic ovarian syndrome without having polycystic ovaries.
:-) Alexis
Tina wrote:
> Collaa,
>
> You can have polycystic ovaries, and not have polycystic ovarian
> syndrome. from what I have been told a LARGE number of women have
> polycystic ovaries, and many do not even know it. People can live with
> PO's without problems for their whole lives. I have a friend who has
> had cysts in her ovaries from the time she was 13. The only problems
> she has had is one of the cysts burst and had to be removed. I have
> read many articles and each of them have said that "Woman with
> polycystic ovaries may not have PCOS, women with PCOS will have
> polycystic ovaries." If you are confused, I think if you take a look at
> some of these posts you have an idea what you contend with when you have
> PCOS, compared with having PO's. I sure hope this all helps.
>
> At Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Collaa wrote:
> >
> >Is there a difference between having polycistic ovarian syndrome and
> >polycistic ovaries?
>
> --
> Tina M. Robertson
>
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