PCOS Messages for January, 2002: Re: Help me interpret my test results please!

Re: Help me interpret my test results please!

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 9 Jan 2002 20:25:07 -0600 (CST)

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Well, you've ruled out Cushing's, which is good. Always good to start by figuring out what you don't have!

Your thryoid seems to be confusing to the doctors, but at least you're having a great deal of attention paid to it, which is a plus. Surely they'll find anything out if it's there.

As far as the PCOS goes, it sounds like you haven't got any symptoms of it. (I don't know if you've got the cysts or not.) Your period is regular, you don't suffer from balding, acne, facial hair, etc., and weight gain while present, isn't pronounced. Right? But your blood work is sort of borderline PCOS. Your LH:FSH ratio is slightly out of whack and your androgen levels are up a bit. The report doesn't say anything about insulin levels or glucose tolerance.

Which leaves me at... I don't know! It's highly possible you could have a mild case of PCOS going. It's also possible that your bloodowrk is off due to other problems with your health or other substances you're taking. I get the feeling from the way your physician worded the report that he suspects the herbal stuff could be responsible for your symptoms and / or bloodwork at least in part. It's always possible!

What I would do in your case, I guess, is focus on eating a low carb diet and getting plenty of excercize. (which I just spent 5 minutes trying to remember how to spell like an American again, it's not -cise, is it!) If you've got PCOS, those two things can do you a world of good in helping you to be healthier. If you don't, they're good for you anyway.

How's that sound? :)

At Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Barbra wrote: >
>I have my results about my PCOS and cannot make heads nor tails of it.
>
>Can anyone help me out here?
>
>"BY history which I am sure you know well,she has the complaints that
>would fit with hyperthyroidism,There is no family history of thyroid
>disease,She has never been noted to have a goiter.At this point in time
>her menses remain quite regular,she tells me that she is taking a
>variety of herbal supplements and some of these may include herbal
>estrogen.Upon examination,she has no complaints of increasing facial
>hair,head hair loss or acne.She has elevated DHEAS.Again by history
>there are no complaints of easy bruising,thin skin,striae,although,she
>has had a prior weight gain the last year and shows some abdominal
>obesity.
>She is not overweight,yet very muscular.
>On examination she was not hypertensive or tachycardic.she does not
>appear Cushingold.She has no skin or hair abnormalities..There was no
>evidence of Grave's opthalmopathy and her thyroid gland was not
>enlarged.She was not hot,sweaty,tremourous or hyperflexic.
>
>Laboratory investigations showed the following:normal thyroid function
>studies,normal cortisol level,Her LH/FSH ratio was 2:1.she had normal
>prolactin and an elevated testosterone at 5.0.Her free androgen index
>was also elevated at 16.5.
>In addition to her lupus,this lady has a polycyctic ovary type syndrome
>present and this may account for some of the difficulty she has had with
>her weight but as she is not having any problemss with facial hair,head
>hair or acne and she has regular cycles no therapy is necessary at this
>time.There is no evidence of any thyroid dysfunction.
>
>Okay ladies....HELP ME OUT HERE!
>
>Thanks so much!
>
>--
>Sincerely,
>Barbra Camara
>

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

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