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[starness]

Im eighteen years old and I have all the symptoms:( Is it curable?

[hotburrito]

Talk to your doctor first if you're worried. You can get your hormone levels tested/an ultrasound done. As far as I know PCOS isn't curable, but it is treatable.

[dreamer003]

What hotburrito says, I'm having an ultrasound done as well, what kind of symptoms do you have?

[starness]

dreamer003, on 28 October 2011 - 04:53 AM, said:

What hotburrito says, I'm having an ultrasound done as well, what kind of symptoms do you have?

To start off acne for six years now. My menstrual cycle was all over the place a couple of months ago. I would get it two times a month or sometimes i wouldn't get it las time i got it on the same day as my other month so i get its starting to balance out, but it could go crazy again.

I also have dark facial hair my upper lip and every where else. My whole face. I thought it was normal peach hair but then I compared it to other people and they don't have it like me. I also have hair in my back, stomach,toes,fingers. I shave it off though.

I am not sure if weight gain is a symtpom because i lost 45 pounds because i started taking care of what i eat but i know if i don't continue to take care of what i eat I could easily gain the weight back.

Fatigue is another symtom i have.

My hair is also sooooo thin and i dont have a lot of it either

Yea i think I HAVE PCOS.

[hotburrito]

^For the record, I have a lot of the symptoms myself - very irregular periods, a bit overweight, more facial/body hair than an average Asian person etc. and I don't have PCOS. The hair on your face should probably be dark though, given that the hair on your head looks black in your display picture... (unless you've dyed it, of course). Always best to actually get checked.

Edited by hotburrito, 29 October 2011 - 01:16 PM.

[Prettywords]

starness, on 29 October 2011 - 12:27 PM, said:

dreamer003, on 28 October 2011 - 04:53 AM, said:

What hotburrito says, I'm having an ultrasound done as well, what kind of symptoms do you have?

To start off acne for six years now. My menstrual cycle was all over the place a couple of months ago. I would get it two times a month or sometimes i wouldn't get it las time i got it on the same day as my other month so i get its starting to balance out, but it could go crazy again.

I also have dark facial hair my upper lip and every where else. My whole face. I thought it was normal peach hair but then I compared it to other people and they don't have it like me. I also have hair in my back, stomach,toes,fingers. I shave it off though.

I am not sure if weight gain is a symtpom because i lost 45 pounds because i started taking care of what i eat but i know if i don't continue to take care of what i eat I could easily gain the weight back.

Fatigue is another symtom i have.

My hair is also sooooo thin and i dont have a lot of it either

Yea i think I HAVE PCOS.

You have it most likely. It's a syndrome so there's no 'test' really. It's not curable but is treatable.