Polycystic ovary syndrome is a serious condition

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an important cause of female infertility. With people's concern about infertility, PCOS has gradually been recognized by many people. The pathogenesis of PCOS may be related to genetic, metabolic and endocrine disorders. When PCOS affects women's conception, it will be actively treated. For women who do not need to get pregnant, many people will ignore the long-term treatment of PCOS, and ignoring the long-term effect of continuous treatment of PCOS is very serious.

In addition to short-term hazards such as irregular menstruation and infertility, PCOS also has many long-term hazards. If PCOS patients are obese, they have a high risk of developing diabetes. Epidemiological studies at home and abroad have pointed out that PCOS patients can develop diabetes, and the risk of diabetes is higher than that of the general population without PCOS. The risk of developing "metabolic syndrome" is also higher than that of ordinary women. Metabolic syndrome includes hyperlipidemia, hypertension, hyperuricemia, etc.

Since many long-term complications cannot be predicted when patients visit the doctor, and these long-term complications are often not the main problem of patients, many patients and even gynecologists are easily ignored. Patients who come to the gynecology department now may have successfully become pregnant with infertility under the treatment of doctors, and irregular menstruation has become a regularity, but if we ignore the importance of long-term treatment of PCOS, long-term complications will have a greater impact.

Experts say that normal menstruation is essentially a process of endometrial exfoliation. In a woman's menstrual cycle, two hormones are very important. One is estrogen and the other is progesterone. Estrogen can promote the growth of the endometrium. Progesterone has an antagonistic effect on the growth of the endometrium. It is precisely because of endocrine disorders that patients with polycystic ovary syndrome cannot ovulate normally, resulting in a lack of progesterone in the body. Although patients indicate that menstruation cannot occur regularly every month, the more worrying problem is that the endometrium continues to grow under the action of estrogen, but lacks the stimulation of pregnancy. In the long run, this situation can easily induce the occurrence of endometrial cancer.

Therefore, it is incorrect for PCOS patients to focus on short-term treatment and ignore long-term treatment. Doctors suggest that most PCOS patients should be mentally prepared for the long term in the face of the disease and must adhere to long-term treatment.

The above is a detailed introduction to "PCOS is very serious, long-term treatment cannot be ignored", I hope it will be helpful to patients and friends. Although PCOS requires long-term treatment, it is not a lifelong disease, because after all, PCOS is just a disease related to menstruation and reproduction. After women go through menopause, treatment will come to an end and will not have any other impact on the lives of postmenopausal patients. After menopause, treatment can also be stopped.