Re: PCOS--too much estrogen or too much testosterone?
From: cat (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:44:41 -0500 (CDT)
I agree with Kristy. I don't know of any literature supporting the
theory, but since pcos causes estrogen dominance and estrogen dominance
causes/encourages endo I wouldn't be surprised if the two are linked.
Also some scientists think the increase in female reproductive disorders
and male infertility is linked to the large amounts of estrogenic
chemicals in the environment. These xenoestrogens are defintitely
effecting animal populations (in one study here in the UK 50% of male
fish in a certain river were found to be feminised by xenoestrogens),
and so are probably effecting humans too. Endo is particularly
sensitive to these estrogenic chemicals. And I remember reading a study
on medline from europe (Germany I think) which linked increased cases of
pcos with the introduction of DDT, which happens to be estrogenic.
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Cat xxx
At Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Renee wrote:
>
>Just because several women have both endo and PCOS does not mean they are
>related. If both are common, then it would be expected that there would be
>some amount of overlap between them.
>
>What percentage of women in the general population have endo? What percentage
>of PCOS women have endo? If the numbers are approximately the same (within
>a margin of error), then there is not a connection. However, if the number is
>greatly higher in one group, then there is either an increased or decreased
>liklihood of endo for PCOS-ers (depending on which way the difference goes).
>
>I just did a Medline search for "endometriosis and PCOS and prevalence," and
>also with PCOS spelled out. There were no articles that have looked at this,
>that I could find. It's an area for research.
>
>However, there is currently no support for a link between the two.
>
>Renee
>
>Kristy Sokoloski wrote:
>>
>> Jodi,
>>
>> Thanks. Unfortunately there has to be a connection between the
>> two. As to what it is who knows. Nearly 100 million women have
>> Endo and of that group there are women that have both PCOS and
>> Endo at the same time. It's becoming more and more common to
>> see for some reason. And then out of all that is an even
>> smaller group that has Vulvodynia in addition to the PCOS and
>> endo.
>>
>> Oh well, there's no doubt that there's still so much to learn.
>> But yes I can see what you are saying about the fact that we get
>> these b/c we are women.
>>
>> Thanks again, I was just curious.
>>
>> P.S. I don't know how many women on the board have both PCOS and
>> Endo but I know it's been discussed several times in the past
>> which makes me wonder what is going on.
>>
>> =====
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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