It doesn’t involve scary cysts
PCOS occurs when a woman has a lot of resting follicles (fluid collections that hold eggs), but doesn’t actually ovulate. A bit of basic reproductive biology: In a typical menstrual cycle, one of those follicles releases an egg from the ovary during ovulation, but this doesn’t happen with polycystic ovaries. “Most women have 10 to 15 total resting follicles on ultrasound, but women with polycystic ovary syndrome may have 10 to 20 on both ovaries—20 to 40 or more total,” says Lora Shahine, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist at Pacific NW Fertility. But, she says, “polycystic ovary syndrome” is a bit of a misnomer. “Cyst just means fluid collection and it’s normal to have follicles in our ovaries—it’s the number of follicles that are higher in these patients,” she says. “Cyst has such a bad association with patients—it tends to equal disease or badness, but we have ‘cysts’ every cycle. I wish we’d change the name from polycystic ovary syndrome to polyfollicular syndrome or polyegg syndrome!” Check the silent signs you have polycystic ovary syndrome.
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