Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), also known by the name Stein-Leventhal syndrome, is a hormonal deficiency that causes women to have a variety of symptoms.It is an endocrine disorder that has an effect on more or less 5% of all women. It happens to all races and nationalities, and PCOS syndrome is the most leading cause of infertility and widespread hormonal disorder for women in childbearing age.

The symptoms of polycystic ovarian syndrome are obesity, anovulation which eventually will lead to irregular menstruation, acne, and excessive amounts or effects of androgenic or masculinizing hormones. Symptoms and how severe the syndrome can be varies in every woman. The causes are unknown but insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity are all causes are unknown, insulin resistance, diabetes, and obesity are all strongly associated with PCOS syndrome.

Other symptoms are weight gain, skin discoloration, high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, unusual hair growth and distribution and even dandruff. A lot of these symptoms may be absent in PCOS but irregular or no menstrual period is always present in women with PCOS.Women who don’t experience regular ovulation don’t produce egg cells each month and that often leads to irregular menstruation.

Nobody is certain of this disorder but women of this type of disorder either have a mother or a sister who has PCOS yet still this is not enough proof of the disorder being hereditary.More often, women with PCOS have small cysts found in their ovaries, that’s why it is called polycystic ovarian syndrome.There are comparable number of cysts that grow in women who have not suffered from PCOS. Hence, the cysts themselves would not be the main cause of the predicament.Frequently there is a breakdown of the body’s blood sugar control system or insulin system in women with PCOS; as a result, researchers believe that these irregularities may be interrelated to the development of PCOS. The ovaries of women with PCOS are also known to produce excessive amounts of male hormone call androgen.This extreme production of male hormones may be an outcome of the irregularities the production of insulin.