Related articles: Polycystic ovary syndrome
Definition
The polycystic ovary is an endocrine (hormonal) disorder characterized by menstrual irregularities (in particular oligomenorrhea), excessive growth of body hair (hirsutism) and android obesity, all symptoms related to elevated blood levels of male hormones (androgens). The hormonal alterations typical of this condition determine an incomplete development of the Graff follicles, which heal leaving the characteristic cysts; the ovarian polycystic is also the main cause of female sterility.Most common symptoms and signs *
- Lowering of the voice
- Miscarriage
- Acne
- Alopecia
- Cervical mucus alteration
- Amenorrhea
- Weight gain
- Ovulatory dysfunction
- Dismennorea
- Pain in the Navel
- Groin pain
- Ovarian pain
- Vaginal hemorrhage in the early stages of pregnancy
- Galactorrhea
- insulin Resistance
- hyperprolactinaemia
- hypertrichosis
- infertility
- Iridodonesi
- Hirsutism
- Metrorrhagia
- Fetal death
- oligomenorrhoea
- Oily skin
- polymenorrhea
- Vaginal bleeding
- Foam in urine
- seborrhea
Further indications
The symptoms of polycystic ovary are numerous and their association and intensity differs considerably from one patient to another. We remember, among these: oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, infertility, hirsutism, alopecia, receding hairline, acne, seborrhea, oily skin, obesity, lowering of the voice. Women affected by polycystic ovaries are more easily prone to hypertension, hyperlipidemia, elevated levels of C-reactive protein, fatty liver, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, uterine cancer, type II diabetes and nocturnal apeneas
