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Re: PCOS--too much estrogen or too much testosterone?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:52:10 -0500 (CDT)
I think Cat hit the nail on the head -- Cat, I agree with you/your
theory completely. I was first symptomatic of pcos before becoming
symptomatic of endo.
At Fri, 14 Jun 2002, cat wrote:
>
>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.
>
>--
>Cat xxx
>
>At Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Renee wrote:
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>>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.
>>>
>>> =====
>>> Kristy :)
>>>
>>> http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html
>>>
>>> Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences.
>>>
>>> http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
>>>
>>--
>>--------------
>>Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
>>
>>---
>>Dwell in Possibility.
>>--Emily Dickenson
>>
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