What are the classic symptoms of PCOS? Without going into the specialized diagnostic criteria (if you’re interested, you can read about that in other posts), women with PCOS may have the following symptoms: Menstrual issues (infrequent periods or lack of a period) Male pattern hair growth (known as Hirsutism) Other hair problems (hair thinning, hair […]
What is PCOS?
PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovary (or Ovarian) Syndrome. We will get into what all that means in a minute! There are several different “criteria” for diagnosing PCOS. This is a large part of the reason the diagnosis evades so many women until the syndrome has become very difficult to manage. Instead of having a proactive […]
