PCOS | Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Treatment IVF Centre India

Because there is no cure for PCOS, it needs to be managed to prevent problems. Treatment goals are based on your symptoms, whether or not you want to become pregnant and lowering your chances of getting heart disease and diabetes. Many women will need a combination of treatments to meet these goals.

Birth Control Pills :- For women who do not want to be pregnant and still control menstrual cycles, reduce male hormone levels and help clear acne. However symptoms return once the pill is stopped.
Diabetes medications :- Metformin [Glucophage] helps women with PCOS symptoms, it lowers testosterone production, controls blood glucose, abnormal hair growth will slow down, ovulation may return after a few months use, it will also decrease body mass index [BMI] and improve cholesterol levels.
Fertility medications:- lack of ovulation is usually seen in PCOS. This can be treated with the use of clomiphene citrate. Clomiphene citrate + Metformin is also used for ovulation stimulation . Another option is IVF with Gonadotropins treatment.
Surgery :- ovarian drilling is a surgery that brings on ovulation . it is used on some women who does not respond to fertility medicines. Laparoscopy is also another option.
Life style modifications :- many Women with PCOS are overweight or obese. Keeping a healthy weight by eating healthy foods and exercising is another way woman can manage PCOS. Even a 10 percent loss in body weight can restore a normal period and make a women’s cycle more regular

5. Does PCOS put women at risk for other health problems ?

Women with PCOS have greater chances of developing several serious, life threatening diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease [CVD] and cancer. Getting your symptoms under control t an earlier age can help to reduce the above complications.

6. How is PCOS & infertility related ?

PCOS is some times associated with infertility. In PCOS thee is elevated LH reversal of the LH/FSH ration as LH becomes higher than FSH. The low levels of FSH allow many follicles to develop but without ever maturing even one follicle. Thus numerous follicles are present in ovaries and once they become ataractic they form cysts, hence the ovaries appear as polycystic. Since the follicles do not mature, they do not release the egg, hence, lack of ovulation is seen. The most likely cause of infertility is anovulation or lack of ovulation. Ovulation can be induced with ovulation drugs [clomid & metformin], by gonadotropins or correction of insulin resistance. The final option for achieving pregnancy in patients with PCOS related infertility is IVF i.e Invitro Fertilization with Gonadotropins.