PCOS Help

It affects 5% of all women worldwide. It is the leading hormonal disorder among women and also the most common cause for infertility. It happens to any female regardless of nationality, race, or ethnic origins.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS is a hormonal disorder that is common to women. It is a disorder in which the ovaries are lined with numerous cysts thus the naming Polycystic Ovaries. But these cysts are not cysts at all; they are immature egg cells that weren’t released but adhered to the edge of the ovaries.

These are caused by hormonal imbalances in the woman’s body. Normally, the female hormone estrogen is more abundant than the male hormone testosterone in a woman. But clients suffering from PCOS tend to have much more testosterone in their systems. This also causes the other symptoms related to PCOS such as hair loss and abnormal body hair growth.

The ovaries of women with PCOS are not able to produce the required hormones for an egg to mature fully. Even though the follicle accumulates fluid and starts to grow, it doesn’t reach maturity. This leads to follicles remaining as cysts. Without the release of a mature egg, ovulation does not occur. The cysts also tend to produce male hormones, which prevents ovulation too. Another factor of failure to release an egg is insulin resistance. Since insulin levels are high in women with PCOS, production of testosterone is stimulated and failure to ovulate follows. Thus, progesterone is not produced and the absence of progesterone causes irregular or no menstruation This also causes the production of immature egg cells that are not released thus causing seldom ovulation or no ovulation at all. This poses as a big problem for women with PCOS wanting to have children.

PCOS fertility problems are common since there are no egg cells released; fertilization will not occur thus decreasing the chances for child-bearing.