Women's Health: PCOS Review

I have this syndrome also since my single years until now I got married for 2 years. I don't know what to do and I don't understand this syndrome. I research this and my OB-Gyne explained to me what is PCOS, how to get this and what are the symptoms because I really really want to have a child. In this article, I am sharing it with you to those women who have this syndrome also.

WHAT IS PCOS?

In each menstrual cycle, follicles grow on the ovaries. Eggs develop within those follicles, one of which will reach maturity faster than the others and be released into the fallopian tubes. This is "ovulation". the remaining follicles will degenerate.

In the case of polycystic ovaries, however, the ovaries are larger than normal, and there are a series of undeveloped follicles that appear in clumps, somewhat like a bunch of grapes. Polycystic ovaries are not especially troublesome and may not even affect your fertility.

However, when the cysts cause a hormonal imbalance, a pattern of symptoms may develop. This pattern of symptoms is called a syndrome. These symptoms are the difference between suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome and from polycystic ovaries.

So we can have polycystic ovaries without having PCOS. However, nearly all women with PCOS will have polycystic ovaries. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the name given to a metabolic condition in which a woman will have polycystic ovaries, along with a certain pattern of other symptoms that reflect imbalances in reproductive and other hormones.

Let’s define some terms:

• "Syndrome" simply means a set of symptoms that occur together, in a pattern.
• "Polycystic" means there is an accumulation of incompletely developed follicles (cysts) in the ovaries.
• "Polycystic ovarian syndrome" refers to a health disorder where there may be many cysts in the ovaries, accompanied by a distinctive pattern of symptoms.
• "Metabolic" refers to the physical and biochemical processes required for the body to function.

"Polycystic ovary syndrome" is the name given to a metabolic condition in which a woman will have cystic ovaries, along with a certain pattern of other symptoms that reflect imbalances in reproductive and other hormones.

They referred to polycystic ovary syndrome as a “metabolic disorder”. By this they mean that there are numerous factors in basic body processes that have gone awry. Because our body is a unified whole, a problem or dysfunction in one area causes dysfunction in other areas. Polycystic ovary syndrome is a dysfunction that is related in some way to our whole body, not just our ovaries.

I'm so sorry to stop my articles about PCOS here because I need to go my aerobics class. Find out the next article about the causes and symptoms of PCOS...