Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCO's)

Stein Leventhal Syndrome

pcos — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:45:51 +0000

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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PCO Symptoms

pcos — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:03:23 +0000

You have to spend an age applying make-up to ‘try’ and hide your acne and scars,you gain the pounds very fast and are stuck wearing dark, loose clothing to hide your weight. You'll be waxing, shaving and plucking furiously, only to have the hair grow back almost right away. You may end up trying a merry-go-round of medications with awful side effects that don't improve your symptoms. You will never know when or if your period will arrive. Your fertility is affected and you feel depressed or anxious almost all the time for no obvious reason and you crave sugar and carbs day and night!

Hormonal Imbalance

pcos — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:00:07 +0000

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.