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Re: What are the side effects of PCOS?From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 30 Dec 2002 20:16:37 -0600 (CST)
I am getting some of the info from a book I have called "A Womans Guide to Dealing with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome". The Classic Symptoms of PCOS are: Polycystic ovavries, irregular periods, male-pattern facial or body hair, male-pattern hair loss on head, Acne, Inferility, and Miscarriage. Some women notice pelvic pain which may be related to the effect of hormones on the blood flow through the veins within the pelvis. Other symptoms many women encounter are: Weight gain, high cholesterol, chronic fatigue, severe headaches, dizziness, nausea, flushing, insomnia, joint pain, water retention, and others. Many of these other symptoms can be stricly pcos related in some, or, many of these other symptoms are actually side effects of "insulin resistance", which is a very popular cause of pcos in most women. Unfortunately, in too many instances, IR is very hard to prove, and unless one has a very pcos-knowledgable doctor, even harder to prove, and the IR goes untreated and unnoticed while the pcos symptom alone is treated only half successfully. Another factor a good doctor will know to look for in women with many of these symptoms is an adrenal gland that may not be producing it's hormones in the proper amounts. ALL tests should be done. PCOS related tests, detailed IR tests, and adrenal tests. Note that a women can have only a few or all of these symptoms. Every one is different. Every one can have a different variety of the symptoms and still have pcos. My experience with weight loss helping IR and pcos was poor. I believe I had hypoglycemia (a result of insulin resistance) and pcos since my early 20's, although I was very thin most of my life up until the age of 35, but between 25-35 it was hard to stay thin. After 35, my body just quit fighting, and I gained weight no matter what I did. There are many thin women with pcos and IR, and there are overweight women with pcos and IR. In most cases, at some point or other in a woman's life who has pcos, she will begin to have weight problems, whether it begins at 16 or 40. I believe for me, proper ultra-healthy dieting and exercise helped, but did not fix. I eventually began medication as treatment (glucophage and demulen) very successfully, although I wish the doctors did not wait so long. There is nothing in my book about bacterial infections and pcos, so I cannot answer this question. Possibly someone else from this forum has more info on that. I know that I used to get yeast infections a lot, but I haven't had them in 2 years since my pcos has been treated.
At Mon, 30 Dec 2002, jackiegirl wrote:
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