polycystic ovary syndrome

I saw this big gap of women who were not getting the conversation they deserved.

The other thing I was noticing in my practice is women who had preexisting metabolic disease like PCOS, which is now renamed to PMOS, pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes.

All of these things were, type 1 diabetes even.

All of these things were accelerating as they hit perimenopause, and they were getting harder to control.

I'm Tekla DeFrancesco, Certified MindBody Practitioner and Certified Holistic Life Coach.

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Parnian's own experience with PCOS showed her how difficult it can be to get useful answers from a healthcare system that often relies on occasional snapshots rather than continuous data.

So welcome, Parnian, and thank you so much for being on my show today.

Hi, Claudia.

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And so we deal with a lot of reproductive wellness, reproductive support.

So this is a tincture I make for my clients for PCOS.

And, yeah, and I use all organic ingredients, so everything's clean.

Clean.

And so we deal with a lot of reproductive wellness, reproductive support.

So this is a tincture I make for my clients for PCOS.

And, yeah, and I use all organic ingredients, so everything's clean.

Clean.

Changing the name of a condition or disease may seem trivial, however, it's often done to improve the diagnosis and care of people with the condition.

In this week's Moves in Medicine, we look at the name, the change from PCOS to PMOS.

Since polycystic ovary syndrome was identified in 1935, doctors learned it's a prime cause for female infertility, affecting about one in 10 women.

Although 70% of women don't know they have it.

It's not just with the ovaries.

It has to do with a lot of other hormones in the body.

So Temple Health gynecologist Patricia Eliashinsky says PCOS is now PMOS, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome.

The really interesting thing a- about all of these different hormones is just their huge impact on the rest of the body.

Right.

And, you know, it's just like for myself, I have polycystic ovarian syndrome, which is better known as PCOS.

I have insulin resistance, which is the common form of PCOS.

That means that I have to be on a GLP-1.

Now, my doctor says I will have to probably be on GLP-1 probably for the rest of my life, especially I'm in my mid-40s.