What exactly is POLYCISTIC OVARY DISEASE?
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition of the female reproductive tract. Basically, tiny cysts emerge inside the ovaries, sometimes outside the ovary (on the surface), causing exorbitant amount of problems. The most common is problems with periods, such as amenorrhea (no periods) or dysmenorrhea (painful periods). Other symptoms include weight gain that is hard to lose, decreased appetite, nausea (especially in the morning), acne, excessive body hair (hirsituism), hypothyroidism, intolerance to cold or heat, headaches/migraines, abdominal cramps, irritable bowel syndrome -> Just some of the common ones. These are all due to a decreased amount of estrogen and progesterone related to the cysts causing the ovaries to go into “sleep mode”. This can be problematic for fertility, as many women with PCOS often are infertile. But its often a chicken or the egg situation as infertility is directly linked to one’s weight. So the more obese one is, the more infertile they become. And
