Only about 40% of
women with irregular periods have PCOS. The definition has been changed,
and simplified, so that your gyno can make the diagnosis earlier and more accurately. The old definitions required complex testing, and missed most teen PCOS diagnosis. The current method of diagnosis PCOS requires only two of three medical aspects of your cycle and hormonal health. The diagnosis of PCOS only require. The diagnosis only requires two out of the follow features:
chronically not ovulating, presence of polycystic ovaries on ultrasound,
and or clinical evidence of androgen excess. With this simplified definition 14% of all women can meet the
definition and in fact many women with perfectly regular menstrual
periods are surprised to learn upon visiting their gynos that they are newly classified with an important condition that can have fertility and
life long health consequences. If you’ve got to shave your chin
regularly, you may just have that sort of genetics, and on the other
hand your ovaries may be producing too much testosterone, or one of the
other boy hormones that emanate from the ovary or the adrenal gland. The
most common symptom of PCOS is hyperandrogenism (too much male hormone),
chronic anovulation (skipped periods due to not popping an ovarian
egg), many are overweight (7 out of 10) and finally either diabetic or
pre-diabetic (again 7 out of 10), insulin resistance (you have it but it
won’t work like it’s supposed to with your metabolism) and compensatory
hperinsulinemia (the pancreas cranks out extra) are also features.
And many have ovaries seen on ultrasound with a “string of pearls”
look…little cysts all lined up around the edge as seen when looking with
the ultrasound. Not only should there be these extra cysts, but the overall ovarian volume should be greater than 10 to the 3.
The insulin excess in a woman's body
is probably in large part responsible of the extra hair. The insulin
stimulates the cells of the ovary to produce more male hormones. These
extra male hormones right in the ovary mess up ovulation. Insulin can
also suppress the liver substance SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin)
which is supposed to bind male hormones and keep them inactive and there
for in check. So the more deranged your metabolism is, the heavier you get, the worse your PCOS gets. So
how to fix: well to some extent there is no fix, it’s in your genes,
but it can be controlled. Control anything and everything diet: lower
bad LDL cholesterol, lower the blood fat triglyceride, exercise and
increase good HDL cholesterol, and changing the biology of your blood
fats so you change your cholesterol particle sizes and numbers of
particles. Overall weight is related to how serious your PCOS is, slim your weight
by even 5%, control the sugar and use diabetic drugs like metformin if
you need to. But watch for side effects of the medications used to
control insulin and blood sugar. metformin can have its negative side,
it can lower vitamin B12 levels (side effects of low B12 levels might
include numbness, other odd neurologic symptoms such as memory loss and
behavior changes). Oral contraceptives can suppress the boy hormones of
the ovary, so that’s a good bet that it will be recommended as a possible solution by your gyno. help them when they want to get pregnant, there's a lot to gab about here!
The fix for PCOS is not simple, and the more we learn, the more we know that we have to follow our PCOS patients closely, check their sugars, scan their gall bladders, check their hormone levels, discuss contraception carefully, help them control their weight, and also help women deal with the hormonal imbalance side effects such as acne or unwanted hair growth.
The insulin excess in a woman's body
is probably in large part responsible of the extra hair. The insulin
stimulates the cells of the ovary to produce more male hormones. These
extra male hormones right in the ovary mess up ovulation. Insulin can
also suppress the liver substance SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin)
which is supposed to bind male hormones and keep them inactive and there
for in check. So the more deranged your metabolism is, the heavier you get, the worse your PCOS gets. So
how to fix: well to some extent there is no fix, it’s in your genes,
but it can be controlled. Control anything and everything diet: lower
bad LDL cholesterol, lower the blood fat triglyceride, exercise and
increase good HDL cholesterol, and changing the biology of your blood
fats so you change your cholesterol particle sizes and numbers of
particles. Overall weight is related to how serious your PCOS is, slim your weight
by even 5%, control the sugar and use diabetic drugs like metformin if
you need to. But watch for side effects of the medications used to
control insulin and blood sugar. metformin can have its negative side,
it can lower vitamin B12 levels (side effects of low B12 levels might
include numbness, other odd neurologic symptoms such as memory loss and
behavior changes). Oral contraceptives can suppress the boy hormones of
the ovary, so that’s a good bet that it will be recommended as a possible solution by your gyno. help them when they want to get pregnant, there's a lot to gab about here!The fix for PCOS is not simple, and the more we learn, the more we know that we have to follow our PCOS patients closely, check their sugars, scan their gall bladders, check their hormone levels, discuss contraception carefully, help them control their weight, and also help women deal with the hormonal imbalance side effects such as acne or unwanted hair growth.
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