Interview with Dr. Fiona, ND – A Women’s Health Naturopathic Doctor. I have been following Dr.
Fiona McCulloch’s blog for several years now. She offers a refreshing view of managing PCOS. Dr. Fiona in fact has PCOS and is a board certified Naturopathic Doctor who has been in practice for 13 years in Toronto, Canada. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree (Biological Sciences) from the University of Guelph and went on to graduate from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. In this interview we chat about some of the positive PCOS research and answer some questions posted by Divas. If you enjoyed this article, get email updates (it's free!) PCOS. What does it mean to have polycystic ovaries? Tegan writes I’m nineteen years old and have just been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome.I’ve done a bit of looking around but I can’t seem to find anything really clear about it.I’d love to know about people out there who have it and are living with it.
Whether they have been able to successfully have healthy children without to much effort.I know I’m only young and kids aren’t on the table at this stage in my life but being diagnosed with this has really made me think.I’ve always thought when the time comes to have kids it would just happen. But with pcos I believe from what I’ve read it’s alot harder to conceive and there are risks involved. Despite having been diagnosed with PCOS at about the same age, it might surprise you to know that I am not a doctor.
Poly-what? Testosterone and Women. Last week’s primer on testosterone garnered a ton of responses, mostly positive, but there appeared to be a bit of confusion regarding testosterone’s role in the female body.
Namely, folks seemed to think I was suggesting it played almost no role at all! An Unconventional Approach to PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) Your doctor probably isn’t going to tell you this, he’s probably just going to prescribe some Metformin and send you on your way, but PCOS is treatable with diet and lifestyle changes.
No drugs are necessary. I Didn’t Just “Manage” My Condition, I Beat It, and Wiped the Floor With It. Welcome!
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Usually beginning as thinning on top, some women develop thin hair followed by complete hair loss in a “horse-shoe” pattern on the sides of the head and even complete loss of all hair on top of the head. The underlying problem is overproduction of testosterone, but in many cases PCOS hair loss can be stopped, treated, or even reversed. The very first thing any woman with PCOS needs to do to stop PCOS-related hair loss is to control blood sugar levels. High blood sugar levels are what make the ovaries overproduce testosterone. High testosterone levels “turn off” the growth and renewal cycle in hair follicles in the scalp, but they “turn on” this same process where hair is not needed.
Avoiding further weight gain helps, too. PCOS Hair Loss Success Stories: Can PCOS Hair Loss Be Reversed? « Trying To Conceive. One of the most troubling complications of PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is loss of hair.
The hair on the top of the head may thin, or there may be hair loss in a horseshoe pattern, or there can be total loss of hair from the top of the head. PCOS hair loss mimics male pattern baldness, and for good reason. Both conditions are caused by testosterone. Women suffering PCOS hair loss are sometimes able to regain their hair, but there is no one treatment that works for every woman. Here are three possibilities, one of which might be the one that works for you: 1. Rosa had been taking metformin and type 2 diabetes for five years, but she began to loosen up her diet. There is an indirect path between eating too much sugar and losing hair, but it’s one that medical science has well documented. 2.
Samantha had always had a thick head of hair. Flutamide is a common anti-androgen, a drug that stops the effects of testosterone throughout the body, including the scalp. 3.