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PCOS Symptoms
What Are The Symptoms Associated With PCOS?
With the most extreme form of PCOS symptoms, you would tend to be overweight, have no or very few periods, be prone to acne, grow unusually heavy body hair, often on the face, breasts and inside of the legs, and be susceptible to mood swings. You may also have difficulty conception and have recurrent miscarriages. Also, women with PCOS are more likely to develop problems with blood sugar balance.
PCOS Symptoms List
PCOS symptoms present themselves as a complex array of signs, consisting of some combination of the following symptoms that vary with each woman:
1. Multiple ovarian cysts (polycystic ovaries, 2-5 times larger than healthy ovaries).
2. Amenorrhea (no menstrual period).
3. Oligomenorrhea (infrequent periods) or irregular periods.
4. Anovulatory cycles.
5. Infertility or difficulty carrying a pregnancy to term.
6. Excess hair on the face and body (hirsutism).
7. Acne or oily skin.
8. Thinning of the scalp hair (male pattern baldness).
9. High blood pressure.
10. High levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.
11. Insulin resistance.
12. Type II diabetes.
13. hyperpigmented skin folds (acanthosis nigricans).
14. Weight gain, often with excess weight in the abdomen.
15. Skin tags.
16. Depression.
PCOS Symptoms and Hormones
Multiple hormone imbalances are also present with polycystic ovarian syndrome, normally including the following:
1. Higher testosterone levels.
2. Higher high cortisol levels.
3. Higher or normal estrogen levels.
4. Lower FSH (follicle stimulating hormone).
5. Higher or normal LH (luteinizing hormone).
6. Low progesterone levels.
7. Higher insulin levels or insulin resistance.
8. Higher prolactin levels.
9. Hypotyroidism imbalance pattern, like low T4 (thyroxine) and T3 (triiodothyronine).
PCOS Symptoms and Ovulation
Having a polycystic ovary may cause anovulation when the woman does not ovulate at all during a particular month leading to what it is commonly called an anovulatory cycle. When the woman has very few ovulatory cycles, the term oligo-avulation is often used to underline the fact that ovulation occurs very infrequent and not as often.
PCOS Symptoms and Menstrual Cycles
PCOS symptoms manifest themselves in the majority of the cases as irregularities of the menstrual cycle. Irregular menses are the result of not ovulating regularly. The following terms are often used in association with this aspect of PCOS symptoms.
1. Amenorrhea, when the woman does not get any periods at all.
2. Oligomenorrhea, when the woman experiences infrequent periods.
3. Hypermenorrhea, when periods occur too frequently.
4. Menorrhagia, when the woman has heavy periods and/or they last for many days.
5. Metorrhagia, when there is bleeding or spotting that occurs in between normal periods.
PCOS Symptoms and High Male Hormones
Many women suffering from PCOS symptoms present high levels of androgens or male hormones. This condition is called hyperandrogenism.
Male hormones are normally present also in women, but men typically have much higher levels than women. However, women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have slightly elevated levels of androgens, which can result in the development of the following symptoms:
1. Hirsutism: unwanted hair growth on the lip, cheeks, chin, neck, etc.
2. Acne on the face, chest and back.
3. Alopecia: male pattern thinning and loss of hair.
It is important to notice that androgen levels can be elevated in other types of problems besides PCOS. So, it is important that you talk to your doctor in order to be given a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
PCOS Symptoms and Pregnancy
There are a number of pregnancy risks associated with polycystic ovary syndrome, which include the following:
1. Gestational diabetes.
2. Pregnancy induced hypertension.
3. Preeclampsia .
4. Preterm birth.
So, if you think you suffer from fertility issues and have PCOS symptoms make sure to talk to your doctor in order make sure you are properly diagnosed with this condition. If you get pregnant, make sure to seek immediate pre-natal care as soon as you get pregnant in order to prevent complications during pregnancy. Many women with PCOS have normal pregnancy, deliveries and healthy babies.
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