PCOS

What is it?
Signs & symptoms
Tests
Treatments
Sources

Signs and symptoms
PCOS is said to be heterogeneous; that is, patients may experience a wide variety of different symptoms to a greater or lesser degree, and vary over time. Also, a uniform and precise definition of the syndrome is lacking. Women often go to their doctor because they are having menstrual irregularities, experiencing infertility, and/or are having symptoms associated with androgen excess. They may experience:

Abnormal uterine bleeding
Acanthosis nigricans
Acne
Amenorrhea
Decreased breast size
Deeper voice (rare)
Enlarged ovaries
Hirsutism involving male hair growth patterns such as hair on the face, sideburn area, chin, upper lip, lower abdominal midline, chest, areola, lower back, buttock, and inner thigh
Weight gain/obesity, centripedal – fat distribution in center of the body
Skin tags in the armpits or neck
Thinning hair, with male pattern baldness