Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormonal disorder. It affects over 10 million people. Public awareness of PCOS is necessary because over half of the people that have it, are unaware of it. Awareness helps people understand that symptoms like irregular periods and pelvic pain are not something to be ignored and getting it checked is necessary.


We have developed PCOSimplify to help people know about PCOS and manage it, if they have it. It has been designed with and for people with polycystic ovary syndrome, keeping in mind their every need.

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Overview

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder causing enlarged ovaries with small cysts on the outer edges.

The cause of polycystic ovary syndrome isn't well understood, but many involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

Symptoms include menstural irregularities, excess hair growth, acne and obesity.

Treatments include birth control pills to regulartise periods, medication called metformin to prevent diabetes, statins to control high cholesterol, hormones to increase fertility and procedures to remove excess hair.

    Menstural Symptoms

  • Abnormal mensturation
  • Absence of mensturation
  • Heavy mensturation
  • Irregular mensturation
  • Short and light mensturation
  • Spotting

    Weight

  • Obesity
  • Weight Gain

    Other Symptoms

  • Infertility
  • Depression
  • Loss of scalp hair
  • Acne
  • Hirsutism

Diagnosis

Consult an Obsterician-Gynecologist(OB-GYN)

Consult an Endocrinologist

Treatment and change in lifestyle can regulate the symptoms but PCOS is not completely curable.

    Hormonal treatment

  • Physical exercise
  • Birth control pills
  • Metformin to prevent diabetes
  • Hormones to increase fertility

    Self-care

  • Physical exercise
  • Weight loss
  • Yoga
  • Electrolysis to remove unwanted hair

    Medications

  • Anti-diabetic medication
  • Statin to control cholesterol
  • Hair growth inhibitor