PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)

The "Diabetes of Bearded Women"

PCOS, also described in the classic article as the “Diabetes of Bearded Women”, is the most common reproductive disorder in the world. 90-95 % women in the infertility clinic are those who are suffering from PCOS. If you are the person suffering from problems like irregular menses, acne, hirsutism, obesity, infertility, then you have landed at the right place.

Understanding the Symptoms

To understand PCOS, first we need to understand about its symptoms,
  1. Irregular Periods – Because of lack of ovulation, uterine lining is not shed regularly month after month, which causes irregular periods. Women suffering from PCOS generally have less than 8 periods in a year.
  2. Heavy Bleeding – Uterine lining buildup take place as the menstruation is not regular. This cause heavy bleeding whenever menstruation occur.
  3. Hair Growth – More than 70 % women suffering from PCOS get hair on their body and face. Abundance hair development is called hirsutism.
  4. Acne – Male hormones can make the skin oilier than expected and cause breakouts on territories like the face, chest, and upper back.
  5. Weight Gain – Up to 80 percent of ladies with PCOS are overweight or fat.

Effects of PCOS on the Body

  • Infertility – To get pregnant, you need to ovulate. Ladies who don’t ovulate consistently don’t deliver the same number of eggs to get fertilized. PCOS is one of the main sources of barrenness in ladies.
  • Metabolic Syndrome – Up to 80 percent of ladies with PCOS are overweight. Both obesity and PCOS increment your danger for high glucose, hypertension, low HDL (“good”) cholesterol, and high LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.
    Together, these components are called metabolic disorder, and they increment the danger for coronary illness, diabetes, and stroke.
  • Sleep Apnea – In this condition, the person experience repeated pause in breathing during their sleep, which disturb their sleep pattern. Sleep apnea is more common in overweight women, especially if they have PCOS.
  • Endometrial Cancer – Due to less ovulation, the uterine line build up in the in the uterus which make body more susceptible to endometrial cancer.
  • Depression – Both hormonal changes and indications like undesirable hair development can contrarily influence your feelings. Numerous with PCOS wind up encountering discouragement and anxiety when they are with people.

How is the PCOS Diagnosed ?

If you have at least any 2 of the 3 kind of symptoms given below, a doctor will diagnose you with PCOS –
  • Polycystic Ovaries
  • High male hormones in blood
  • Irregular periods

Treatment of PCOS

PCOS is purely a lifestyle disease, which can be treated only with the help of diet and lifestyle change. Medicines of PCOS can never fix the problem, in fact, they will become your problem, once you start taking then as they have many side effects.
Diet changes –
First we need to put out all the things out of your plate that are really causing the problem. Processed foods like namkeen, biscuits and other packaged food is first needed to be thrown out of the diet. Also we need to remove animal derived foods from our diet which give humongous amount of saturated fat, cholesterol, hormones in our body. We need to incorporate anti inflammatory foods like fruits and vegetables in our diet.
Foods not to be taken –
  • Packaged and processed foods
  • Meat and eggs
  • Milk and milk products
  • No oil food
Food to be taken –
  • Fruits
  • Vegetables, Salads
  • Smoothies
Lifestyle changes –
Incorporated at least 30 min exercise in your daily routine. It may range from running, walking or some yoga exercises. It will also help you reduce stress  and make you feel better.

How we can help you ?

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