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Forensic News Journal
The PCOS Journey: Conventional or Funtional Treatment, Which is Right for Me? pg 4-8
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The PCOS Journey: Conventional or Functional
Treatment, Which is Right for Me?

By Ann Barter

Polycystic ovary syn- Standard medical treat- nosing PCOS because it is
drome is incredibly chal- ment only looks at treating still in its earlier stages. In

lenging. Woman generally the symptoms of PCOS. earlier stages, it is much
present with a myriad of For example: A patient easier to treat and get a re-

symptoms ranging from presents with cystic acne. verse of symptoms/disease
acne (especially cystic), Most likely the protocol process.
infertility, blood sugar will be long term antibi-

problems, excessive hair otic use including but not Another example: In pa-
growth on face, irregu- limited to: minocyclline tients where the menstrual

lar and painful periods, and Tetracyclin, tertinoin, period tends to be irregu-
trouble losing weight. It topical antibiotics, and lar, the standard medical
is possible to have a few benzoyl peroxide. Pa- treatment leans heavily

of these symptoms, or all tients become encouraged towards prescribing birth
of these symptoms, de- because this can, or tend control or a statement to

pending upon how far the to, help a little. However, the effect that it is unnec-
PCOS has progressed. once the patient stops tak- essary to have a period
ing antibiotics the acne every month and to not

The Rotterdam Criteria will likely return with a worry about it. The birth
Only two of the three vengeance. Many physi- control can be helpful at

criteria are necessary for a cians do not look deeper at bringing some semblance
PCOS diagnosis: the underlying hormones of regularity to the men-
at play. Perhaps the root strual cycle but as a gen-

1. Delayed ovulation or cause could be a blood eral rule the PCOS patient
menstrual cycles sugar imbalance causing still feels terrible. The

2. Hyperandrogenism/ the improper production reason for this is because
high androgenic hormones of androgen hormones in the production of excess
like testosterone woman? It is quite com- androgen has still not been

3. Polycystic ovaries mon to have symptoms of addressed.
on ultrasound PCOS but not be able to

meet the criteria for diag- The traditional medical

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