PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Now I am going to write about an illness
Its just that I got some intressed in that disease
What is PCO/PCOS = Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome?
I have searched about it in the web and...
Here is some good facts that I found...
The one with that disease have this symptoms:
Infrequent menstrual periods, no menstrual periods, and/or irregular bleeding
anxiety or depression due to appearance and/or infertility
Stress
Forget easly
sleep apnea-excessive snoring and times when breathing stops while asleep
ovarian cysts
pelvic pain
insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes
Women with PCOS have greater chances of developing several serious, life-threatening diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer. Recent studies found that:
higher risk of heart attack than women of the same age without PCOS.
Heart disease
greater risk of having high blood pressure.
Strokes
Endometrial cancer
high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and low levels of HDL (good) cholesterol.
Weight gain
miscarriage
Metabolic syndrome (a combination of obesity, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and increased tendency to blood clotting and inflammatory states)
More than 50 % of women with PCOS will have diabetes or pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance) before the age of 40.
See this site if you want, its really good
http://pcos.insulitelabs.com/index.php
