Endocrinology & Metabolic Syndrome
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1017
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-1017
+44 1478 350008
Bohaira El Geyoushi
Fakih IVF, UAE
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Endocrinol Metab Syndr
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that can affect females throughout their lifetime from puberty to menopause. As healthcare providers, we are aware of the long term effects of PCOS on women during their reproductive years and the co-morbidities later in life. PCOS symptoms can be quite distressing for any woman suffering with irregular periods, weight gain, acne, hair thinning and hirsutism. The impact of this symptom on young vulnerable girls growing up in this digital age, where image is everything is several folds. Many girls suffer with these symptoms in silence and do not receive a diagnosis until later in life. Puberty is a tumultuous time and with the additional burden of PCOS it can have a lasting psychological impact as well as long term health and fertility sequelae. We can empower these young girls by educating them once a diagnosis is made. This can assist in minimizing the burden of PCOS on women by providing them with the knowledge they need at an early age. It is our duty as healthcare providers both in primary care and as specialist to inform these young girls and their guardians about PCOS and its effects both in their early years and later on in life. This in turn will minimize the psychological and emotional exposure at this tender age. It will provide the future generations with the knowledge they need to deal with the burden of the disease as well the long term impact on health and fertility.
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