PCOS Messages for December, 2001: Re: PCO without the syndrome???

Re: PCO without the syndrome???

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:28:07 -0600 (CST)

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I'm sure a million other people have already told you this but I'll chime in as well!

What your doctor told you was correct - PCO is quite common, seems to be hereditary, and usually doesn't present any problems in and of itself.

PCOS is an endocrine disorder that is named poorly, PCOS *SOUNDS LIKE* PCO - a lot like it! But it's completely different. It entails problems with insulin, metabolism, androgens, and who knows what all else. One of the symptoms of PCOS is PCO. So, back when they didn't know much about it, they thought that the ovarian cysts caused the problems. They named it Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome because of that and the name stuck.

Long story short, if you've got no symptoms and your bloodwork is normal, you haven't got PCOS, and you shouldn't hve anything to worry about!

At Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Diana wrote: >
>Help!
>I am confused.
>I am 37 and have have recently had my cycle monitored, as I have had
>trouble falling pregnant.
>After the ultrasounds that monitored my cycle, my doctor mentioned that
>I have polycystic ovarys which showed up on the ultrasound.
>She then went on to say, that as my hormone levels are perfectly normal,
>that I am ovulating normally, that my periods have always been normal
>and that 25% of women have these type of ovarys and that it is
>hereditary.
> She said it was kind of like blue eyes, brown eyes.
>She then went on to say NOT to take heed of all the information on the
>web about the problems associated with PCO as i dont have any hormone
>problems.
>Well of course the first thing I did was get on the web and read about
>PCOS and all the symptoms and diseases!
>So I just dont understand how I can have the polycystic ovarys and yet
>no illness at all. i have found no information about symptom free
>"normal" polycystic ovarys.
>Can anyone help me? I really dont get it! Is my specialist fibbing about
>how serious my situation is?
>D :-)

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Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org

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