If you've been diagnosed with PCOS (PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome) the only reliable method of treatment is hormones. You should talk to your doctor....many women with PCOS can become pregnant with good care and proper hormone balancing.
2007-04-24 16:04:02
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answered by Brutally Honest 7
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Medically speaking, PCOS, also known as functional hyperandrogenism, does not have a cure. However, much can be done to minimize the impact of this syndrome on your life. Possibly, to the point, where it may be viewed as a constructive cure.
Ideally, you should be under the care of a competent endocrinologist, preferably one who has had considerable experience with this condition. Most medical doctors are not equipped to deal with this condition, including gynecologists, and internists, particularly if there is an underlying condition, e.g., cushing's syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
However, there is much that you can do for yourself. Placing yourself on a low carbohydrate diet, and eliminating stress from your life, would be a great. The condition, is at least in part insulin driven. Following a low carbohydrate diet will lower your insulin levels. Very often PCOS, is accompanied by metabolic syndrome, also know as type two diabetes mellitus. Once your glucose levels have risen, your insulin levels, most likely, have already been high for some time.
Elimination of stress is critical, because stress can result in over production of DHEA-S, i.e., dehydroepianddrosterone sulfate. It is the raw material that ultimately, gets converted to DHT, i.e., 5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone. It is DHT acting on the androgen receptor on the nucleus of a cell that ultimately causes the symptoms, e.g., hair loss, acne, hirsutism, anovulation.
There are also a number of supplements, or herbs that may be quite helpful, i.e., saw palmetto, pygeum and lycopene. These substances are also used to treat, BPH, benign prostrate hyperplasia. PCOS and BPH have much biochemistry in common.
Should you see an endocrinologist, he may prescribe metformin, an anti-diabetic drug that inhibits gluconeogenesis, and flutamide, an anti-androgen. Oral contraceptives have been used in the past. However, they tend to cause hyperinsulinemia, which aggravates the condition. The progesterone in the OC also raises androgen levels.
2007-04-26 12:57:54
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answered by Larry 4
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What did the doc advise you to to? The doctor should be able to answer this question correctly and accurately. I am sure that there is some way that they can help you but you will most likely need medical treatment if your hormone levels are not right. Good luck.
2007-04-24 16:05:02
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answered by mom of twins 6
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Enjoying the feeling of motherhood and raising a family would surely be a couple’s dream. Some get it naturally, while for some others things don’t seem to work as they desire. These reasons which stop a women from conceiving can be due to either physical reasons or truly physiological.
2016-02-07 13:41:58
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answered by Anonymous
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Is it Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)? or is it Premature Ovarian failure (POF)?
PCOS you would need hormones to help get pregnant. POF, there is still a 6-8% chance you can get pregnant, but not likely.
2007-04-24 16:05:02
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answered by jwix04 3
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loose weight, if you are over weight, you will get started back on ovulation once that extra harmone formed by your excess fat cells disappear. The alternative is go on fertility pills and risk a high chance of twin,triplets etc...
2007-04-24 16:05:32
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answered by cool 2
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