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What is PCOS?

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What is PCOS?

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a female-specific condition that is far more common than most believe. Even to this day, when I tell people that I work with women with PCOS I would say that 80% of people, men and women, have never heard of it. This is hard to believe when you know that between 10% - 15% of the entire female population has PCOS. This means there are around 300 - 500 million women in this world with PCOS.

Because PCOS stands for polycystic ovary syndrome it is extremely misleading due to the fact that polycystic ovaries can be a symptom of PCOS, not the cause of PCOS. Speaking of the cause, we still don’t completely understand it, but we do believe there is most likely a genetic disposition combined with lifestyle and environmental factors.

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