Re: PCOS--too much estrogen or too much testosterone?
From: Linda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:27:44 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Anonymous,
Same here. I have them across my breats too and same thing happens when
I get out of a shower, especially a hot shower and I also notice that
they get darker when the weather gets hot and humid. Do you feel any
physical discomfort? Does yor legs ache or anything , specially when
when you sit or stand too long? I am contemplating having them fixed.
btw, do you live in the new york area?
--
Linda
At Thu, 13 Jun 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Holy Cow!!! I have those same very blue veins as well. They used to be much
>much lighter...now they are so blue that you HAVE to notice them!!! I
>thought it was just me...not knowing what made them that way. I have some
>right across my breasts...when I get out of the shower, they are even more
>noticeable.
>
>Anonymous
>
>In a message dated 6/13/2002 12:31:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>anonymous@medispecialty.com writes:
>
>> Subj:Re: PCOS--too much estrogen or too much testosterone?(to Belle)
>> Date:6/13/2002 12:31:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>> From:<A HREF="mailto:anonymous@medispecialty.com">anonymous@medispecialty.com</A>
>> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@obgyn.net">pcos@obgyn.net</A>
>> To:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@mail.medispecialty.com">pcos@mail.medispecialty.com</A>
>> Sent from the Internet
>>
>> Hi Belle,
>>
>> So this means that if one has too much estrogen in the body, it can get
>> converted into testosterone as well?
>>
>> I was just confused b/c when I started noticing my pcos symptoms, I also
>> noticed that a lot of the veins on my arms and legs were becoming
>> visible (this didn't happen with time. it just happened like within 2
>> months, which scared me), not spider veins but the larger ones that are
>> deeper down than the fine spider veins that I see in older people. I
>> don't think they are varicose veins either b/c they don't bulge...just
>> visible blue veins. Anyway, I heard that they can be caused by excess
>> estrogen in the body. My periods also changed all of a sudden. I used
>> to get irregular bleeding and when I did get my periods, they were
>> HEAVY, but it got really light all of a sudden. A couple of months
>> later, I got my hormones tested and my estrogen levels were normal and I
>> had high (total and free)testosterone levels. So, I was just thought
>> maybe the estrogens in my body are being converted into testosterone...
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> At Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Belle wrote:
>> >
>> >Testosterone and estrogen are both steroids. They are chemically very
>> >similar to one another. Testosterone can be converted easily into
>> >estrogen in the fat cells. PCOS'ers do not necessarily produce too much
>> >estrogen (but they can since there is nothing to oppose the production).
>> >
>> >Our bodies are a system of checks and balances. If one thing is out of
>> >whack, it can affect many other things in our bodies.
>> >
>> >At Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Linda wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Can someone clarify for me? Read in this forum some women saying that
>> >>pcos'ers are producing too much estrogen. What about the testosterone
>> >>side effects? Is it too much estrogens causing the elevated testosterone
>> >>levels? confused.
>> >>
>> >>--
>> >>Linda
>> >>
>> >--
>> >Hope this helps,
>> >
>> >Belle
>> >
>>
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