Saturday, November 3, 2007

What is the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome?

Polycystic ovary syndrome is the main clinical manifestations menstrual disorders, infertility, more hair and obesity. Most patients with the disease for the young women to 22-31 years of age the most common. The performance of menstrual disorders in the form mainly of secondary amenorrhea, menstruation can dilute performance for the hair, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, no ovulation menstruation, but the basic obstacles to ovulation disorders is measured basis of unparalleled body temperature curve. Because many patients do not seek medical treatment and education. Another characteristic of polycystic ovary syndrome is more hair. Because in vivo androgen excess, this female patients were male hair distribution in the upper lip, the mandible and adjacent growth nipple hair, pubic hair development Qixia upward to the thigh roots, perianal, limbs hair also increased, there are serious masculine performance. More than half of the patients have some degree of obesity. Gynecological examinations can be found ovarian increase. Blood tests can be found in the inspection of androgen levels increased slightly, luteinizing hormone increased follicle stimulating hormone decreased proportion of the two disorders. LH / FSH ratio greater than 3 have diagnostic significance.

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