Can PCOS cause other diseases?

Women with PCOS are more likely to develop certain serious health problems. These include type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, problems with the heart and blood vessels, and uterine cancer. Women with PCOS often have problems with their ability to get pregnant (fertility).

What autoimmune diseases are associated with PCOS?

There is an association between PCOS and autoimmune diseases such as ANA and anti-TPO that have been documented in systemic lupus erythematosus and Hashimoto thyroiditis, respectively, and it is suspected that there are autoantibodies that might affect the long term clinical management of these patients.

Can PCOS cause diabetes?

This lifelong health condition continues far beyond the child-bearing years. Women with PCOS are often insulin resistant; their bodies can make insulin but can’t use it effectively, increasing their risk for type 2 diabetes.

What are the long term effects of PCOS?

PCOS can also have effects on long term health, including insulin resistance and diabetes, high blood pressure, womb (endometrium) cancer, snoring, fatigue and sleepiness during the day, depression and mood swings.

Who is more prone to PCOS?

Who gets PCOS? Between 5\% and 10\% of women between 15 and 44, or during the years you can have children, have PCOS. Most women find out they have PCOS in their 20s and 30s, when they have problems getting pregnant and see their doctor. But PCOS can happen at any age after puberty.

Can PCOS be mistaken for diabetes?

It’s long been suspected that there’s a link between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Increasingly, experts believe that these conditions are related. The disorder PCOS disrupts a woman’s endocrine system and increases her levels of androgen, also called male hormone.

Does PCOS get worse as you get older?

Most importantly, inflammatory and metabolic parameters worsen with age, putting women with PCOS at increased risk of life-long health issues beyond menopause, especially the risk of developing CVD and type 2 diabetes.