Common symptoms of PCOS include
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[li]Menstrual disorders: mostly oligomenorrhea (few menstrual periods) or amenorrhea (no menstrual periods), but other types of menstrual disorders may also occur.[/li][li]Infertility: generally resulting from chronic anovulation (lack of ovulation).[/li][li]High levels of masculinizing hormones: mostly acne and hirsutism (excess hair), but may produce hypermenorrhea (very frequent menstrual periods) or other symptoms.[8] Approximately three-quarters of patients with PCOS (by the diagnostic criteria of NIH/NICHD 1990) have evidence of hyperandrogenemia.[9][/li][li]Metabolic syndrome: This appears as a tendency towards central obesity and other symptoms associated with insulin resistance. Serum insulin, insulin resistance and homocysteine levels are significantly higher in subjects having PCOS.[10][/li][/ul]
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