Monday, October 29, 2012

A Glimpse OF PCOS, Its Treatments And Their Possible Complications

By Capozzi Bentley


PCOS, or the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, affects millions of women all over the world every year. It was during the 18th century when this was first discovered. Until the mid 1930s, when Irving Stein and Michael Leventhal conducted studies that made us understand more about the condition, treatments for PCOS were, at best, primitive. Their immense contributions to learning more about the illness led to the coining of Stein-Leventhal Syndrome for the illness. Basically, the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome involves the growth of cysts in the ovaries of women. The condition has other names that will be used to describe the particular level and type of complication of the syndrome. It is possible that the syndrome is besetting a woman if she has noticed skips in her menstrual periods and enlargement of her polycystic ovaries.

Abnormal growth of ovarian cysts is something that happens to a lot of women. They could differ, however, in the intensity of these growths. The same is evident with the other complications that will arise once the syndrome starts. Women will mostly have the same symptoms, although there are others who may manifest more symptoms than the rest. Others could be experiencing irregular menstrual cycles and acne breakouts, while others could have symptoms that include changes in hair and skin pigmentation as well as oily skin. One would think that with such symptoms, evident facts show the cause of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. However, much research is still being conducted to back up that claim. Irregular menstrual cycles, irregular insulin resistance, and irregular spikes in the body's androgen levels have already been known to cause this syndrome.

You may notice that PCOS treatments are not solely concerned on addressing one issue at a time. That is because PCOS comes with a few other complications that cannot be avoided once it affects a person. A complication that many people are trying to avoid is infertility, since this condition affects the ovaries themselves. This would require a special form of surgery to be performed. Other complications of this syndrome include high blood pressure and various other heart problems. That too will also be under observation during treatment. In addition, the doctors will seek to address, if need be, issues of skin problems and in worse case scenarios cancer. It could be said that PCOS does not pose dangers. However, there have been times when patients have died because they failed to address the complications that came with the PCOS.

Prevention is better than cure, or so they say. But no matter how careful we are or how many preventive measures we put in place, there are still some illnesses that will affect us. The same applies to PCOS, especially when you consider that the no solid evidence exists to support why a woman will get the illness.

However, you can probably make some deductions and draw conclusions as to the possible causes of PCOS if you observe the lifestyle of women nowadays. Endometrium cancer is also a possibility, despite the most stringent preventive measures taken. You can prevent this from escalating further by adapting some positive changes to your lifestyle and by eating right. In the spirit of lifestyle changes and, in the process, treating PCOS, a women would also be able to address issues on heart disease, obesity, diabetes, blood pressure problems and weight problems.




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