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Re: Am I just imagining it?
From: Belle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 7 Apr 2002 21:54:15 -0500 (CDT)
It definately sounds like a possibility. Your menstural cycle should be
regular a year after you have your first cycle. The discoloration and
the skin tags can be a sign of insulin resistance (a step below
diabetes). You might go to http://www.pcosupport.org . There is a quiz
there where you can see if it is likely that you have PCOS. There is
also a lot of information at this site. Since PCOS can lead to
diabetes, heart disease or endometrial cancer, it is important that you
do what you can to manage this problem. Perhaps if you took you mom to
the above site or to this forum, it would help her understand your
concern.
At Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Angie wrote:
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>Lately I have been doing a lot of research online to try and figure out
>why I am having problems with my menstrual cycle, etc. I came across a
>lot of PCOS websites and I was shocked to find that I have a lot of the
>signs related to it. By the way, I am only 17 (well I will be in a
>couple of weeks). I am overweight, have been since I was younger,
>though. I have excess hair on my body and face. For the most part it
>is blonde hairs, but they have been getting darker in areas. I have
>acne, my menstrual cycle is not a monthly thing...they ranges anywhere
>from 3-14 months apart without having one. I have also read skin
>discoloration and skin tags are also a sign. I have discoloration
>everywhere on my body (neck, armpits, between thighs, and other place).
>I have skin tags in my arm pits and on my elbows. I have been tested
>for diabetes, but was told I do not have it. Oh, and also, I lose a
>huge, not normal, amount of hair off my head everyday. I dye my hair
>quite a bit though, so I am not sure if that has anything to do with it.
>It is extremely thin. The reason I came here is to ask if it IS a
>definate possibility that I might have this disease or if my symptoms
>are so common...that they can't necessarily be linked to PCOS. My
>mother refuses to take me to see a gynocologist, so I am basically in a
>bind and I don't know what to do. She says it's only because I am a
>teenager and I am overweight. It still worries me, so any advice would
>be very much appreciated! Thanks a lot!
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Hope this helps,
Belle
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