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Re: PCOS symptoms and diagnosis question!
From: smed (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 15:18:53 -0600 (CST)
Because PCOS is a syndrome there are several symptoms to this nasty
illness. Everyone has different symptoms, some people do not have
weight gain, some no acne. The common thread seems to be the ovarian
cysts. which is how this disease got its misleading name. You may or
may not be IR, some people do get very tired after eating a meal
naturally. The most important thing is that your doctor does all of the
proper testing, including insulin levels. Having PCOS does not mean
your testosterone is going to be high. As a matter of fact, if I
remember right, I do not think mine was very high, although it was out
of normal range. I have all of the symptoms including excess facial and
body hair, rapid weight gain, male pattern hair loss, fatigue, muscle
pain, etc. etc..
Do you have skin tags? Those are always a good sign of IR.
TTFN
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Smed
At Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Tamara wrote:
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>Hi, I had my first visit with a rep. endo. after finding information
>about 3 years ago and not being able to get anyone to take me seriously.
>He looked at my ovaries with ultrasound and said they look typical of
>polycystic ovaries. He feels confident that I do have PCOS. He's
>running some bloodwork to confirm. I have tons of the PCOS symtpoms. I
>took the quiz on this site and scored like 18 or something like that. My
>question is the only symptom that I don't have is hirsutism. He's
>testing my Free Testosterone and my Androgens but I'm wondering since
>I'm not very hairy is it likely they'll be high or not. Do some peoples
>bodies adjust better to testosterone in their system. I do have acne on
>my face, back and chest, weight gain (mostly around the middle), period
>3 times a year if I'm lucky, a lot of pelvic pain. See a lot of
>symptoms, ha!
>
>Another question I'm wondering how likely it is that I have Insulin
>Resistance. I've definately noticed that when I eat, especially carbs I
>feel like so tired almost drugged. Is this a symptom of IR. Diabetes
>is rampant in my family and my blood pressure was elevated, isn't this
>also a sign of IR? Just curious about these things. any help with these
>questions would really be appreciated.
>
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>Tamara
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