Does polycystic ovary syndrome cause obesity?

The full name of polycystic ovary is polycystic ovary syndrome. The main symptoms are that menstruation only comes once every few months, ovulation does not occur, and even thick sweat hair grows like men, which has a great impact on women's health. So, does polycystic ovary cause obesity?

Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the most common gynecological endocrine diseases. In clinical medicine, it is characterized by clinical biochemical manifestations of excessive androgen, persistent anovulation, polycystic ovary changes, and is often accompanied by insulin resistance and obesity. The main clinical symptoms are menstrual disorders, infertility, excessive hair growth, acne, obesity, etc. About 50% of patients will show obesity, and the obesity is abdominal obesity. Obesity is related to insulin resistance, excessive androgen, and increased free testosterone ratio. For obese PCOS patients, improvements should be made in their daily lives, including adjusting their diet, paying attention to fat calorie control, increasing exercise to reduce weight and reduce hip circumference, which can increase insulin sensitivity, reduce insulin and testosterone levels, and restore menstruation.

Symptoms of polycystic ovaries

1. Menstrual disorders

Menstrual disorders are the most common symptoms of polycystic ovary, generally occurring in 70% of polycystic ovary patients.

2. Hairy

Excessive hair is also one of the clinical symptoms of polycystic ovary. Excessive sexual hair is mainly distributed on the upper lips, lower abdomen and thigh roots.

3. Obesity

Obesity is also a very common disease. Generally, around 30%-60% of patients suffer from obesity.

4. Acne

Polycystic ovary patients are more common in adult female acne, accompanied by rough skin and enlarged pores on the face. Unlike adolescent acne, it has the characteristics of severe symptoms, long duration, difficult to eliminate and long-term treatment, and poor treatment response.

5. Significant male characteristics

The specific manifestations are male-type pubic hair all over the body, and generally no obvious male characteristics such as clitoral hypertrophy, mammary gland atrophy, deep voice and abnormal development of other external genitalia.

How to treat polycystic ovary

1. Medication

Medication treatment is one of the key treatments for polycystic ovary. You need to take the medicine under the specific guidance of a doctor and remember not to take it at will.

2. Surgery

If the ovarian polycystic condition is serious, surgical treatment can be considered, mainly including bilateral hystero-ovarian wedge extirpation, laparoscopic hystero-ovarian electrocautery or laser perforation treatment, and transvaginal hydrolaparoscopic surgery.