
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Support Group
Polycythemia is a condition in which there is a net increase in the total circulating erythrocyte (red blood cell) mass of the body. Primary polycythemia occurs when excess erythrocytes are produced as a result of a proliferative abnormality of the bone marrow. Secondary polycythemia is caused by increases of erythropoietin that result in an increased production of...
Just thought I would add my 2 cents.
Agreed, I have done a lot of researching into my family on this matter. My sister has been diagnosed recently but only because we knew what to look for from my case. On my dad's side I have 2 cousins with PCOS and my paternal grandmother, though never diagnosed in her fertile years, confided that she suffered the same symptoms as 4 of her granddaughters, take 5 years to get pregnant with her first child (and only after being seen by an OB in Germany while stationed there) there was the hair growth and the messed up cycles. Only one of us has had blood sugar/weightloss issues but looking at my family I can't see how anyone can say it's just bad luck that we all have this. I cast my vote for hereditary with those lightening strikes among us who have no family history of PCOS. Consider that certain cancers like breast cancer have strong hereditary links but just because none of the women in your genetic lines had it doesn't mean you can't get it.
My specialist thinks we are born with PCOS, i wonder if because i had a diabetic grandparent on both my mum and dads sides of the family that this somehow caused me to have pcos, in terms of it all relating to insulin problems?