Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or PCOS in short is a common cause responsible for female infertility. The symptoms of the condition in women is the ovarian fails to release the eggs which results in irregular ovulation cycles making it difficult to conceive. The ovaries with PCOS condition tend to have many small cystic structures.

What is the difference between the ovaries with PCOS condition and the healthy ones?
-The normal healthy ovaries produce normal menstrual cycle and ovulation. That’s when the cystic structure develops with a mature follicle. The mature follicle’s size which is ready to ovulate is about 18-28 mm in diameter whereas the one with PCOS condition is only 9-15 mm in diameter.

Normally if a woman is not to conceive the period starts within 14 days after the ovulation whereas the polycystic ovaries have many antral follicals with eggs that are not fully developed, hence the failure in the ability to be fertilized. Since the eggs are not properly developed, women with polycystic ovaries do not get regular periods.

Common Symptoms of PCOS or polycystic ovarian syndrome;
-Oligomenorrhea; Irregular periods or lack of periods, normally referred to by physicians as amenorrhea Read the rest of this entry »