HEALTH ISSUES IN WOMEN WITH PCOS3In 1935, in the United States of America, Stein and Laventhal were the first todescribe polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as an endocrine disorder (Traub, 2010). As oftoday, polycystic ovarian syndrome is known for being the main source of oligo-ovulatoryinfertility amidst women. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal condition inwomen, where the ovaries release an unusually high volume of male hormones calledandrogens (Traub, 2010). Thus, causing reproductive hormones to be imbalanced. PCOS cancause acne, infertility, irregular menstrual cycles, excessive hair growth, cysts on one or bothovaries, skin tags, darkening of the skin, obesity and thinning of the hair (Traub, 2010).The main targeted audience of this study are women diagnosed with PCOS and themain purpose of this research is to identify and explain the health issues for women withPCOS. There are long-term health issues that women diagnosed with PCOS develop.According to research done on women with PCOS living in the United States of America inthe year 2018 to 2021, researchers and journalist were able to identify that there are fewhealth issues. In the United States of America, POCS is very costly to the healthcare systemcosting a minimum of four billion dollars yearly (Sanchez, 2020). According to Sanchez(2020) the nearly seventy percent of women living with PCOS are unaware they have it andare undiagnosed and approximately six to twelve percent of women reportedly have PCOS.However, in the findings, women diagnosed with PCOS, have a higher risk of developinglong term health issues such as diabetes, hypertension and depression.
