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Re: PCOS with only symtoms of irregular & scanty periods and hormone imbalance
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:14:17 -0500 (CDT)
Mine started out as only scanty periods as well (I was athletic and
wasnt over weight)..but then a couple years later I started gaining
weight rapidly and got the dreaded excess HAIR problems. It can
progress slowly or swiftly depending on your body etc. It is VERY HARD
for me to lose weight now, and I have yet to find a permanent solution
for the hair problems.
At Sat, 26 Jul 2003, ainla wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>I am a 29 year old unmarried woman from India and was diagnosed as
>having polysystic ovarian disease in 1996 thru' an Ultra Sound of my
>lower abdomen. but I think I must have had it much before that because
>as far as I can remember I have been having irregular periods ever since
>I was 15 or 16. But with the passage of years, my priod has become more
>and more irregular and very much scanty too.
>
>I've never had any excess of body hair nor have ever been overweight. In
>fact, I am underweight. I dont have acne, I had a little bit of it only
>in my teens. I don't think I have diabetes and blood report has shown
>that I don't have thyroid either. So the only recognisable symptoms is
>the irregularity and scantiness of my periods and my ultrasound showing
>multiple cysts in both my ovaries. And I have also hormonal imbalance.
>
>Does anybody know why I dont have the other normal PCOS symptoms of
>excess hair, weightgain or acne?
>
>I'd never gone for treatment except since last year I started having
>herbal medication. And after having the medication for almost a year I
>stopped recently as there were no signs of any improvement which was
>also proved to be true by an ultrasound of my ovaries.
>
>Now, I would really like consult a good doctor get treatment and I would
>really appreciate if anyone could advise me where, how and with whom to
>start.
>
>please advise which are the medicines usually taken to treat the
>disease? Do they produce side effects? I have gone thru'a lot of
>websites giving info about PCOS but so far I haven't come across any
>positive information regarding PCOS & allopathic/ conventional cure. But
>you find a lot of homeopatic & herbal sites which claim to cure the
>disease. Here in India also, you come across homeopathic & herbal
>doctors who say they can cure PCOD but these kind of doctors are not
>really qualified in the conventional sense and I feel they dont really
>have all the information about why & how of the disease and so am
>hesitant get their treatment. Even then, I am still partial towards
>these alternative medicines and
>hoping to fine a good doctor practising alternative cures.
>
>I would be very grateful if you could reply me with as much information
>as could possible give.
>
>Thanking you in advance.
>
>From,
>A very distressed PCOS patient
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