Up to 15% of women of reproductive age have such a disease as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), often do not know about it, because the symptoms are not at all, and in some they are lubricated and similar to other diseases of the endocrine system.
When a woman is diagnosed with PCOS, she, of course, wants to know what it is and how such a disease will affect her life. Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disease when male hormones begin to predominate in the female body.
Often such women can be recognized even by external signs. They are overweight, male-type hair, rare hair and skin problems in the form of pimples and eruptions.
Normally, in each menstrual cycle, the number of follicles is small and all of them, except one, dissolve after the onset of menstruation. Under the influence of hormones, a disturbance occurs in this process, all the follicles remain inside the egg, forming numerous cysts, and are filled with liquid.
As a consequence, the ovary greatly increases in size, although this is not always felt by a woman. Signs of PCOS can be seen on ultrasound, which is confirmation of the diagnosis of polycystosis , although an experienced doctor and without ultrasound can diagnose this disease.
Signs of PCOS
No one calls a woman to make a diagnosis for herself, but when she finds out the following symptoms, it is advisable to seek medical help:
- absence of periods or irregularities;
- sudden uterine bleeding;
- infertility - because in the body there is no ovulation, without which conception is impossible;
- the appearance of bald patches on the temples and crown, like a man's;
- excessive hairiness of the hands, chest, back;
- Acne disease in combination with oily skin;
- increased body weight, the fight against which does not lead to a positive result;
- regular pain in the lower abdomen.