Abstract

AYURVEDIC OVERVIEW OF PCOS; THE LEADING LIFESTYLE DISORDER

Dr. Rekha Kuwar* and Dr. Supriya Dongare

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Abstract

Stein and Leventhal were the first to describe polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) more comprehensively in 1935,[1] With varied clinical manifestations, unknown etiology, complex pathophysiology, and poor diagnosis. The diagnosis of PCOS remains a controversy in clinical endocrinology. In order to create an extensive and descriptive definition for the diagnosis of PCOS, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) criteria came into existence in 1990.[2] Then, in 2003, a workshop in Rotterdam formulated a new diagnostic criterion named Rotterdam criteria.[3] This criterion requires the presence of two conditions out of the three: (1) oligomenorrhea/anovulation, (2) clinical/biochemical hyperandrogenism, and (3) polycystic ovaries (≥12 follicles in each ovary measuring 2–9 mm). In 2006, the Androgen Excess Society (AES) revised the diagnostic criteria. The AES requires the specific presence of clinical/biochemical hyperandrogenism in combination with either oligomenorrhea, anovulation or polycystic ovaries.

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