Jefferson Health ob-gyn Patricia Davis explains: What is PCOS and how it's treated?
More researchers are studying a hormone disorder that affects young women. A Jefferson doctor says it’s about time.For decades, polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormone disorder that affects women of childbearing age, was underdiagnosed, understudied, and underfunded., it affects an estimated 5 to 6 million women in the U.S. and roughly 7 to 13% of women globally.
Women with PCOS are at increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure, and new studies link it to midlifeDavis said it’s important for women to “really pay attention to their bodies and their menstrual cycle.” “It’s something we don’t talk about enough in general society — it kind of has a stigma associated with it,” saidIt is a disorder of endocrine, or hormonal, and metabolic components. We don’t really know the exact cause, meaning we don’t know exactly why some women get PCOS and other women do not. It’s a syndrome that’s composed of certain symptoms that potentially can lead to more chronic health issues for women in the future.
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