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Overview
Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) also known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder among women in which ovaries develop multiple small collections of fluid (follicles) and fail to regularly release eggs
Ovary(ies) get enlarged and produce excessive amounts of androgenic and estrogenic hormones which leads to infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods
Around 20% of females in India suffer from PCOD and the number rises to 25% amongst the East Indian women
PCOD is one of the most common and underdiagnosed causes or irregular menstruation and infertility amongst younger women in India
While most of the cases of PCOD are due to hereditary or genetic factors which are difficulty to describe, it can be due to one or more of the following factors:
Signs and symptoms are very mild initially and a female might experience only 2 or 3 symptoms, from the following list:
Besides fertility problems, complications include risk of developing:
Apart from medical management, lifestyle modification has a significant role to play in management of PCOD: