PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (or, as it was originally called, Stein-Leventhal syndrome) is an imbalance in the female hormone production. Unfortunately it is a condition that appears to be occurring in twenty-one per cent of pre-menopausal women.

Some of the common symptoms of PCOS are: amenorrhoea - stopping of the period; anovulation - no ovulation; hirsutism - hair on face and other parts of the body usually associated with men; acne of the face and back; oligomenorrhoea - incomplete follicular development; and obesity - being overweight. It is often seen in women with bulimia or anorexia nervosa, and in women with increased androgen production and hyperprolactinaemia - high production of male hormones or prolactin. Although PCOS is fairly common in mid-adolescence (due to insufficient ovulation development), it should not be prevalent after adolescence.

Because of the high incidence of women presenting with infertility who have PCOS, I have taken particular interest in the condition, and found that in a lot of these cases there is a pre-existing family weakness in the thyroid or pancreas glands. This often presents itself in the metabolic disorders Hyperlipidaemia - cholesterol problems; hypertension - high blood pressure; and type II diabetes - diabetes mellitus. Recent research has also found that forty-six per cent of women developing heart problems around the age of 60 years had PCOS.

Lifestyle problems aggravate the situation, so avoid high phosphorus drinks, especially Coca-Cola, Pepsi and their diet equivalents, which throw out the insulin levels. Women with PCOS have also been found to be insulin-resistant. Diabetes medication has been proven to help, as does an individual formula to bring these glands into balance.

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