PCOS:
The New Epidemic
It is the new epidemic — women of all ages with escalating rates of PCOS or polycystic ovarian syndrome — battling the confusing range of symptoms; alopecia, acne, weight gain and infertility — just to name a few.
Most of these patients often go misdiagnosed for a period of time, because they don’t fit the classical textbook picture that is taught in medical school; grossly overweight, balding and with acne. Most patients, I meet, including myself, have a more subtle version of these extremes.
