Menses is the most dreadful situation for most of the women, but do you know that disturbance in menstruation cycle may give rise to several problems. Irregular menses, no menses, or delayed menses all these situations indicate endocrine disorder also known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) in medical term. It is a situation which causes imbalance in women’s sex hormones namely progesterone and estrogen.
SYMPTOMS OF PCOS
PCOS symptoms begin as soon as a woman’s menstruation cycle starts. Severity of this syndrome depends from person to person. The most common symptoms of this problem are irregular periods. As PCOS leads to decrease in woman sex hormones, a female may develop male features like:
- Excess hair growth on face, stomach, chest, toes or thumb.
- Reduction in breast size.
- Thin hair
- Deeper voice
- Acne
- Depression and anxiety
- Increase in weight
- Pelvic pain
- Infertility
CAUSES OF PCOS
Causes of PCOS are still unknown, but according to doctors hormonal imbalance and genes can be the reason. Possibility of PCOS increases if a woman’s mother or sister has the same problem. It is believed that overproduction of androgen may be another cause of PCOS. Androgen is a male hormone, but it is also generated in females. Females with PCOS, generate higher level of androgen, thus causing adverse impact on development as well as release of egg at the time of ovulation. Surplus amount of insulin in body may increase androgen level in females.