Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Common and Misunderstood
ultrasound ovary image of polycystic ovary syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome affects at least 1 in 6 women struggling with infertility. Its effects are felt beyond fertility from birth throughout a lifetime.
Polycystic ovary syndrome is really a misnamed medical condition. Our patients often comment the name conjures ideas of large cysts on the ovaries causing concern for big tumors, possible cancer and need for surgery. Such a conclusion couldn’t be further from reality. A better way to think of this condition is: a genetically based disorder of metabolism impairing the body’s ability to manage sugars, cholesterols and other chemistry that may impair many organs in the body including a woman’s reproductive balance, function of the ovary, eggs and fertility potential.
There is a collective worldwide movement in the medical community to change the name of this condition in terms such as Metabolism and Ovary Dysfunction Syndrome
Please go to our PCOS page to learn more about:
- The history of PCOS.
- The most current consensus of criteria to confirm the diagnosis.
- How to treat PCOS from childhood through menopause.
There is good hope to live a full and fertile life with polycystic ovary syndrome. Understanding the cause and how it can affect one’s health empowers us to enact a smart and successful treatment strategy.
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