PCOS Messages for April, 2001: Re: what are the true symptoms of PCOS?

Re: what are the true symptoms of PCOS?

From: Char (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 04:01:33 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: maggie: "what are the true symptoms of PCOS?"

Don't completely quote me on this, I'm still learning myself. The symptoms related to PCOS usually begin at an early adult age (18-25) and get much worse and more severe as one gets older if not treated. Symptoms could be one or all of the following:

1. Irregular menstraul cycles 2. Male pattern hair growth 3. Male pattern hair loss on head (usually after age 30) 4. High insulin levels or apparent blood sugar problems 5. Chronic Fatigue 6. Weight gain or trouble keep weight steady 7. Brown spots on face 8. Acne 9. Muscle and joint stiffness 10. Water retention and/or constipation 11. High cholesterol and/or triglycerides

#'s 5-11 could be a result of improper eating and exercise habits, or other illnesses, especially if #'s 1-4 are not at all present.

Proper blood tests include: Testosterone levels, progesterone levels, LH and FSH levels, glucose and insulin levels, and a few other tests I cannot remember offhand.

Best doctors to see at first are a gyn and endocrinologist. Be sure they are both familiar with pcos if you think you have it.

Hope this helps. And if I missed something, sorry about that.

At Fri, 27 Apr 2001, maggie wrote: >
>I have been bleeding with no clots, mild cramping for 37 days now..am
>perimenopausal and have been tested negative for fibroid, polyps and
>cancer of the uterus. Gyno Docs just tell me its perimeno bleeding but
>this just happened last month, i never had this bleeding so prolonged! I
>have a 3 in hard lump down on the left side of my abdomen way below...
>gyno docs say this is a hernia but gastro doc did a colonoscopy and
>found nothing..It feels more like something on my ovary than on my
>intestine...i am now wondering if i have PCOS...what are the true
>symptoms? What tests are accurate for this diagnosis?

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Char

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