PCOS Messages for June, 2001: Re: a question...and some info...

Re: a question...and some info...

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 03:04:57 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi and welcome Katrina!

First of all it is impossible to tell if you have PCOS or not without looking at a lot of other things. It is entirely possible to have cysts and not have PCOS. (They sound horrible all the same!)

There is a lot of good overview information about PCOS at

http://www.pcosupport.org

http://www.inciid.org/faq/pcos.html

http://www.pcos.net/whatis.html

Basically some of the other symptoms can include a tendency to gain weight, acne, facial or body hair, losing head hair, thyroid problems, skin tags or yellow/brown areas of skin, and a bunch of others. Your doctor can diagnose it with some bloodwork testing things like progesterone, testosterone, DHEAS, FSH/LH, insulin, etc.

PCOS stems from problems with insulin resistance and production. The Metformin helps to correct those problems and thus diminish the other symptoms.

I hope this helps! :)

At Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Katrina wrote: >
>Hello all...Kristy introduced me to this web page. (thank you)...
>
>What exactly is PCOS and how are you diagnosed with it. I mentioned it
>once to a family dr. and she srugged it off and said not to worry about
>it. I suffer from multiple ovarian cysts constantly. They rupture
>before anyone can do anything about it. I am taking codiene to diminish
>some of the pain and to help me sleep. I was on Birth Control Pills for
>4 years and now am currently on the Depo-Provera injections. Will this
>injection be beneficial for me? Also, is anyone on Metformin (Generic
>Name for Glucophage) and if so...why? and what does it do to help PCOS?
>
>Thank you all for listening (reading) my message.
>
>--
>KatrinaLisa
>
>Please feel free to e-mail me: supergenious_kat@yahoo.ca
>

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