Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCO's)

Polycystic ovary syndrome used to be known by a different name. It was first ‘discovered’ in 1935 by Doctors Stein and Leventhal, so for many years it was known as the ‘Stein-Leventhal Syndrome’. The name of the condition was changed to be more descriptive:

Poly (many), Cystic (multi cysts or cyst covered) and of course ovaries.

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Polycystic Ovaries affect two out of ten women today to some degree and for an unfortunate and growing number, the affects are devastating and far reaching. Many health professionals are lacking in knowledge of how to diagnose, recognize or treat this condition which can be demoralizing for it’s sufferers. If you get a cyst on your ovary you may find:

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS or PCO) is a complex condition that affects the ovaries which are organs in a woman’s body that produce eggs.

In PCOS, the ovaries are bigger than average, and the outer surface of the ovary has an abnormally large number of small follicles (the sac of fluid that grows around the egg under the influence of stimulating hormones from the brain).

In PCOS, these follicles remain immature, never growing to full development or ovulating to produce an egg capable of being fertilised. For the sufferers this means that they rarely ovulate and so are less fertile and have regular periods and may go for many weeks, months or years without a period. Two other main features of the condition are excess weight and excess body hair.