Re: PCOS symptoms - anxiety, rosacea
From: Ron (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:53:41 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Jules,
Do you have acid reflux? (gerd) If so the so-called heart symptoms can
be
palpitations of the esopageal muscles.
Were you in a car accident where whiplash was involved before this
began.
If you want a long list of reports, email me.
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Ron
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At Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Jules wrote:
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>Hi there!
>I just was just diagnosed as insulin resistant and have all the symptoms
>commonly associated with PCOS including excess facial hair, thining head
>hair and acne rosacea, except my hormone levels are in the acceptable
>range. I am intrigued by your description of heart 'hicups'. My mother
>(also recently diagnosed with PCOS, unfortunatley after a historectomy)
>has always suffered with un-explained heart palpitations, and about 6
>months ago i described almost exactly what you described to my docotor.
>A heart monitor worn for two days showed no iregularity. However i
>noticed that stress, good or bad, coupled with iregular eating had an
>obvious impact on these 'heart hicups' and racing pulse.At times it
>feels like my whole body is rocking with my hearbeat, yet, when checked
>my blood preasure is normal.
>I would like to see a more extensive study into the symptoms experienced
>by people with PCOS and insulin resistance, other than those linked to
>fertility. Do you know of any such study?
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