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Forensic News Journal
PCOS and Your Daughter: A Mom’s Steps Steps After the Diagnosis pg 4-8
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PCOS and Your Daughter: A Mom’s

Steps After the Diagnosis

By Chris Stevens

Years ago, when your may have just heard your all ways as to why insu-
four-year-old daughter daughter’s doctor tell you lin levels in women with

told you she liked the your daughter has the PCOS seem to be higher
little boy named Brandon symptoms of PCOS, oth- than normal, here again

in her preschool class at erwise known as Polycys- debating which came first,
your church, you smiled tic Ovary Syndrome. the PCOS or the higher
and enjoyed having a little insulin levels.

girl. The joy and excite- PCOS is not a disease
ment of seeing your beau- nor is it a simple health The basic point all doctors

tiful daughter in that cute problem you can pinpoint, seem to agree on though,
little stage of her emerging evaluate, and cure accord- is that the male hormones
womanhood was enough ingly. While doctors seem (which we all have, men

to make you blush when to agree that Polycystic and women alike) seem to
you shared your daugh- Ovary Syndrome evolves be higher than they should

ter’s “secret” with her from a woman’s natural be in women and girls
daddy (your husband). hormone levels being out with symptoms of Poly-
of whack, doctors also cystic Ovary Syndrome.

Years have passed now, agree that they are not They also agree that Poly-
and your sweet daughter completely sure yet as to cystic Ovary Syndrome

is still your sweet daugh- WHY a girl’s or woman’s can cause serious health
ter, and perhaps that sweet hormones get dispropor- problems and diseases
daughter has liked a few tionately out of place to such as beast and endome-

other boys along the way begin with, or even if it trial (uterus) cancer, high
too. Now though, the was the hormones that cholesterol and cardio-

complete innocence of aggravated the PCOS or if vascular diseases, insulin
your daughter’s devel- something else may have resistance or diabetes, and
oping womanhood may actually offset the PCOS even possible infertility

seem a little nerve wrack- which then affected the problems in the lives of
ing, a little wobblier. You hormones. Doctors also go those who have PCOS if

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