Girls and Women Age 18-44: Should Be Aware With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or PCOS

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Every girls and women regardless of their age will experience changes in relation with weight, shape, height and other physical properties.

Apparently, it is completely normal for everyone the development of the body which includes age, childbearing and hormone levels.

Mostly for girls, in their puberty stage there will be a lot of changes such as emotionally, mentally and physically including menopausal stage.

Puberty in girls usually starts between the ages of 8 and 13 and ends by around 14 while menopause stage between ages 40 and 58, averaging around age 51.

Upon the evolution, for some women who having imbalances of their hormones that can cause of irregular menstruation and it’s hard to time to get pregnant which called Polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS.

Depending on the criteria used to define the syndrome, PCOS may affect between 5 and 10% of women of reproductive age. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is believed to be one of the most common hormonal abnormalities found in women.

Don’t wait until it’s too late, because it will become severe if ignored. PCOS can be eliminated and decrease symptoms as soon as you found out your condition.

Cautious about PCOS

Women with PCOS produce higher-than-normal amounts of male hormones Also is an endocrine system disorder that affects women in their reproductive years. Small fluid-filled sacs develop on the ovaries.

The truth about PCOS is that it is way more common than you think, and can sometimes go undiagnosed for long too.

As a matter of fact, new research shows that many women with normal menses could also have PCOS. Scientists recently became convinced that there is a mild form of PCOS that includes women who have excess male-sex hormones and polycystic ovaries but whose ovulatory function is maintained.

Scientists have long suspected a link between PCOS and diabetes, since both these conditions have a lot to do with insulin resistance. Research has found that PCOS is prevalent in up to 27% women with Diabetes Type 2. Scientific evidence suggests that women with PCOS have a unique disorder of insulin action, which increases their risk to develop adult-onset Diabetes Mellitus or Diabetes Type 2.

What are the Risk Factors of PCOS?

Aside from Diabetes type 2 which mentioned above, there are another numerous risk factors of PCOS includes:

depression and anxiety

heart disease

hypertension

sleep apnea

liver disease

abnormal uterine bleeding

endometrial cancer

What are the Symptoms of PCOS?

Irregular menstruation

high cholesterol and triglycerides

acanthosis nigricans, or dark patches of skin

fatigue

acne, oily skin, and dandruff

decreased libido

Weight issues (weight gain or losing weight)

Infertility

What is the Treatment of PCOS?

Unfortunately, there’s no known cure for PCOS for the time being. As mentioned above, don’t be alarmed because PCOS is not ‘curable’, it’s definitely ‘treatable’. Everything your doctor tells you is ways and means to manage PCOS symptoms. Usually, the treatment for PCOS is done through a combination of diet, lifestyle changes, exercise, medication, and supplements that work in synergy to normalize hormones, insulin levels and periods.