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Re: PCOS and joint pain?
From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:43:48 -0600 (CST)
Thanks - mine is definitely not a weight issue, since my current weight
is in a healthy range.. I've had these problems intermittently since
teens, may be something that's trying to become arthritis someday.
At Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Victoria wrote:
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>Hi Julie,
>
>I've never seen that listed as one. That would be more a weight issue I would think than anything else. I'd try a orthopedic
>type person to look at the joint pain and when you have it. I have PCOS: the only reason I had knee pain was runner's knee from
>training for a 1/2 marathon.
>
>--
>Victoria
>
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Julie)
>
>Does anyone have information on the connection between PCOS and joint
>pain? I have seen a few places that list joint pain as a PCOS symptom,
>and I have seen a few passing references to the "hormonal changes"
>causing joint pain in women with PCOS.
>
>Does anyone know if there is a documented connection, and if so what is
>the mechanism? How does the hormonal changes or insulin resistance or
>whatever it is cause the joint pain? What can be done to treat the joint
>pain?
>
>(For reference, I have joint pain, mainly in knees but occasionally in
>hips and shoulders, that ofter gets better very briefly after moving the
>joint. I also have been diagnosed with PCOS, and am trying to figure
>out if the two are connected.)
>
>Thanks for any info!!
>
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