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    Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), diabetes mellitus, hyperprolactinemia, luteal phase defects, as well as thyroid antibodies and disease are regularly encountered endocrine factors that establish a hormonal link between RPL and infertility. Although the exact pathophysiology underlying these disorders in relation to RPL and infertility is unclear, commonly accepted mechanisms of action have been suggested. Diabetes mellitus There are two types of diabetes mellitus: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and Type

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    Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a serious chronic medical condition of the endocrine system that affects women, which can cause infertility in women of reproductive age. Women with PCOS have abnormal cysts in at least one of their ovaries which cause the eggs not to fully mature and be released during ovulation. The female reproductive organs are the uterus, ovary, and fallopian tubes. The ovary is located laterally left to uterus and inferior to the fallopian

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    Infertility: Polycystic ovary syndrome is probably the most common cause of anovulatory infertility (11), associated with an increased risk of miscarriage after either spontaneous or assisted conception (1) and the development of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in assisted conception (12). A higher incidence of first trimester spontaneous abortions (25–73%) has been reported in women with polycystic ovaries or PCOS (13). Abnormalities in LH secretion were found in 81% of women with recurrent

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    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), was first described in 1935 and named Stein-Levinthal syndrome after the doctors who noted the characteristic body changes and tiny cysts covering the ovaries. Although the first observation was made as early as 1721, when Italian scientist Antonio Vallisneri observed “young married peasant women, moderately obese and infertile, with two larger than normal ovaries, bumpy and shiny, whitish, just like pigeon eggs” (Kovacs, 2002). It was not until 1921 that Achard

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    How Does Your Diet Affect Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Summary: Every illness brings a list of food items which the patient should or shouldn’t consume. Same goes with PCOS as doctors recommend a long list of foods that should be consumed or avoided by the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) patient. Main Content: Women suffering from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) are regularly found to have higher level of insulin in their bodies than normal. Insulin is created by cells in the pancreas, known

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    Polycystic ovarian syndrome is among the long list of chronic diseases one could suffer from. “A chronic disease is a disease that persists for a long time, lasting longer than 3 months and generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they disappear” (MedicineNet, 2017) Per the National Center for Health Statistics, “88% of Americans over 65 years of age have at least one chronic health condition”. (MedicineNet, 2017) There are numerous contributors to chronic diseases

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    Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Women, ever wonder what all you inherited from your parents? One condition that women can inherit is polycystic ovarian syndrome. Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a complex genetic condition common among women, especially those in reproductive ages. Polycystic ovary syndrome is defined as ovarian dysfunction with polycystic ovaries (Goodarzi et al., 2011). I was diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) at the age of twelve. It was hard for me to understand at that

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    Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Etiology- Environmental and Genetic Factors Literature in NFS Seminar 4601 Fall 2015 Ashley Anger Date of Submission: 11/25/15 Introduction: The condition Polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) is the most common of endocrine disruptions within women of reproductive ages. The disorder does affect as much as 10% of women within this reproductive lifecycle. The clinical and biochemical features of the condition are diverse and are as follows: fertility disruption

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    Polycystic Ovarian syndrome was first characterized in the 1930’s and was called Stein Leventhal syndrome. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos) starts with the appearance of many painless cysts on the ovaries. In females with polycystic ovarian syndrome the ovaries are larger than that of a non polycystic ovarian syndrome female. Pcos has various signs and symptoms which all come from an imbalance of certain hormones affecting the female reproductive system. Doctors have done various tests and studies

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    regions, which contain the sex-hormone dependent hair, it shows increased male hormone (androgen) production in the ovaries and adrenal glands. This process commonly occurs due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) but occasionally other rarer conditions. Other conditions include an abnormal growth of adrenal glands (congenital adrenal hyperplasia), Cushing’s syndrome, and tumours of the ovary and the adrenal gland. Androgens are normally known as male hormones. However, both males and females produce

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