Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder that causes the ovaries to become enlarged and develop cysts on the outer edges. This disease affects 14 to 60 year old women. The cause of PCOS is not fully known yet but genetics is said to play a part (Web MD). It is known though, that the change of hormones in a female’s body is what triggers PCOS.
Some symptoms of PCOS include excessive hair growth, acne, menstrual irregularity and obesity. Also common is infertility, depression and type 2-diabetes. This disease can also have no symptoms and needs to be diagnosed by a medical doctor. To find out if a person has PCOS they must undergo lab tests and image screenings. This disease is chronic for but can be treated when it flares up. There is not one specific medication that targets PCOS but doctors use other medicines to control all the symptoms, which will lead to the disease to be treated. The use of birth control to regulate the periods, metformin for the diabetes, hormones for the infertility and removal of unwanted hair.
The research paper I chose was Effects of High Intensity Interval Training and Strength Training on Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Hormonal Outcomes in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Pilot Study. The main thing that the authors …show more content…
It was 3 sessions of 40 minutes each, a week, for 10 weeks. High interval intensity workouts usually help with burning fat faster then a steady state workout because you are pushing your body to the max and using all your energy from your fat. The more fat you burn the more your insulin receptors can respond to glucose (in type 2 diabetes). Which earlier was said to be a symptom of PCOS. This is why this experiment worked in reducing PCOS, instead of taking diabetes medication these people did the same thing the medicine could do for them by becoming physical active and reaching the more then 150 minutes a week of
Some symptoms of PCOS include excessive hair growth, acne, menstrual irregularity and obesity. Also common is infertility, depression and type 2-diabetes. This disease can also have no symptoms and needs to be diagnosed by a medical doctor. To find out if a person has PCOS they must undergo lab tests and image screenings. This disease is chronic for but can be treated when it flares up. There is not one specific medication that targets PCOS but doctors use other medicines to control all the symptoms, which will lead to the disease to be treated. The use of birth control to regulate the periods, metformin for the diabetes, hormones for the infertility and removal of unwanted hair.
The research paper I chose was Effects of High Intensity Interval Training and Strength Training on Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Hormonal Outcomes in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Pilot Study. The main thing that the authors …show more content…
It was 3 sessions of 40 minutes each, a week, for 10 weeks. High interval intensity workouts usually help with burning fat faster then a steady state workout because you are pushing your body to the max and using all your energy from your fat. The more fat you burn the more your insulin receptors can respond to glucose (in type 2 diabetes). Which earlier was said to be a symptom of PCOS. This is why this experiment worked in reducing PCOS, instead of taking diabetes medication these people did the same thing the medicine could do for them by becoming physical active and reaching the more then 150 minutes a week of