Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden6/1/2023 And despite the name, polycystic ovary syndrome has nothing to do with cysts on the ovaries. PCOS is best defined as androgen excess (high male hormones) when all other causes of androgen excess have been ruled out. The four functional types of PCOS include insulin-resistant PCOS, post-pill PCOS (which is temporary), inflammatory PCOS, and the far less common adrenal PCOS. In other words, you need to know your functional type of PCOS. To successfully treat PCOS, you need to identify which factor (or factors) is driving the symptoms. Instead, it’s “ a heterogeneous disorder with different underlying biological mechanisms.” In other words, it’s a set of symptoms (androgen excess and anovulatory cycles) caused or driven by several different underlying factors. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is not one disease.
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