Positive Options for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Self-Help and Treatment

by Christine Craggs-Hinton, Adam Balen

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), named after the cysts that may form in the ovaries, is a hormone disorder that causes irregular menstrual cycles, obesity, and infertility, among other symptoms. If untreated, it can lead to heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol levels and uterine cancer. The cause of PCOS is not fully known.

Unfortunately many doctors aren't sufficiently enlightened about PCOS to readily make a diagnosis. Women who have experienced multiple miscarriages often have PCOS; doctors sometimes finally diagnose PCOS in a woman when she undergoes fertility investigations.

Symptoms can
** multiple miscarriages
** infertility
** absent or irregular periods
** pelvic pain
** joint pain
** weight gain
** excessive facial and/or body hair
** adult acne
** hair loss
** depression

POSITIVE OPTIONS FOR POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS) includes information on causes, symptoms, diagnosis, getting help from a doctor, medications, and what a woman can do to help herself, including improved nutrition, complementary therapies, exercise, and lifestyle changes. A chapter on emotional support and case histories separates this concise guide from the competition.

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 2004

Reviews

[Gabriel-paul Israel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been coping with this syndrome for over twenty years now and have been specifically looking for information regarding a more wholistic approach to treatment. This book offers information about alternative supplementary treatments for the syndrome. The information about different natural treatments such as acupuncture, meditation, and natural support offer the reader far more support than the medical profession usually provides. The importance of the positive options is paramount to the misinformation that most medical professionals provide patients with in order to provide reproductive enhancement for the patient. The social effects of this syndrome are incredible as American society is trichotillophobic. The patient with PCOS has an incredible rate of discrminatory issues involving appearance and the effects that the loss of femininity has on the psyche is devestating. The alternative methods of coping with the problematic responses in our society where a dualistic understanding of gender is still socially constructed and dely accepted provides the reader with enhanced information to combat the effects of the issue.

[Astrila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a lot of info I didn't already know.