PCOS Messages for July, 2003: Re: PCOS..and possibly Cushing's Syndrome?

Re: PCOS..and possibly Cushing's Syndrome?

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:04:01 -0500 (CDT)

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If your cortisol levels haven't been tested, I'd say you're definitely not being paranoid. (if they HAVE been and were normal, you're probably ok!) Cushing's is definitely more rare than PCOS, but it is something to keep in mind. I think that's especially true if you tried treating the PCOS and the treatments didn't work - quite possibly then PCOS isn't what's going on. It can be hard to differentiate between the two (women with PCOS can have slightly raised cortisol levels - although not the very high levels of Cushing's - and women with Cushing's can, like all other women, have ovarian cysts. Not to mention the extremely similar symptoms!) but I think in your case, with a non-response to standard PCOS treatment AND a key symptom of Cushing's, you should at the very least be tested. You sound like you agree! Can you push your doc / endo for the 24 hour urine cortisol test?

At Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Laura24 wrote: >
>Hi all!
>
>About 4 years ago I was offically diagnosed with PCOS--via ultrasound--
>(although I have suffered symptoms since puberty) and was put on all the
>standand meds (the pill, Glucophage) with really no improvement. I have
>since taken myself off them (my dr. knows this).
>
>Recently, I've been reading up on Cushing's Syndrome--a disorder where
>too much of the hormone Cortisol is in the body on a continual basis--
>which has very similar symptoms to PCOS. I really wouldn't have thought
>much of it if I didn't have one of the more marked symptoms of
>Cushing's. The symptom is a large hump (referred to as a "buffalo
>hump") on the upper back, right below the neck. It is very unattractive
>and is often a source of embarrasment for me. The dr. said it was just
>fat and should go away when I loose more weight, but I'm pretty worried
>anyway, it feels harder than fat. Cushing's Syndrome is pretty nasty
>and if I have it, I want to know so I can do something, anything, about
>it.
>My question is do any of you all have problems with a hump like this on
>your back and am I just being paranoid.
>Thanks

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