sexual health Flashcards
1
Q
what are the diagnostic criteria of PCOS
A
A diagnosis is made if an adult meets two of the following diagnostic criteria and other causes have been excluded:
menstrual disturbance, including secondary oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea
clinical or biochemical hyperandrogenism
polycystic appearance of ovaries on ultrasound.
Additional features of PCOS (which are not essential for diagnosis) include:
obesity
insulin resistance (with a tendency to develop type 2 diabetes)
subfertility
