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Originally Posted by sheepiegirl  I think it's all interesting. I just wonder, though, if it is genetic, where does mine come from--there's absolutely no history of overweight/obesity or diabetes or PCOS in my family. And I'm not obese or overweight and as far as I know I don't have IR or diabetes...I believe that there are links, I just wonder, again, what about the thin cysters...seems so much easier to find 'causes' and treatment for the larger girls... |
There are no identified causes, or special tretments for 'larger women' (that I know of.)
Read the article. It touches on the obese vs thin issue. Too many doctors focus on obesity, however, it's not really an accurate 'marker' for diabetes (similar to PCOS - obesity isn't anything doctors should consider in making a PCOS diagnosis)
The most important part of the article is that weight management and lifestyle changes are focused on to the (sometimes deadly) exclusion of high cholesterol and high blood pressure issue, and the lifestyle (and/or medication) interventions needed to tread the cholesterol and hypertension.
The article pointed out that while many diabetics focus on blood sugar, they don't even KNOW what their cholesterol numbers are (and this is what they're more likely to die from). Stats show that women, in general, don't know their cholesterol numbers either - despite the risk of heart attack.
Here at Soulcysters, we rarely discuss high cholesterol, and tend to focus on IR and obesity... (Just like the people mentioned in the article...which is why I think the article is VERY important for everyone to read)
As I mentioned, I was diagnosed with high cholesterol in kindergarten. Was this the first sign that I was heading towards pcos? If I had gotten it under control early, could I have avoided other complications? *shrugs*
When I first began PCOS treatments in my late 20's my first lab to change was my cholesterol. The bad got worse, and the good got better. Over a period of time, it normalized...
I think it's interesting that Zocor (a cholesterol med) dramatically reduces testosterone levels in PCOS'ers (and drops cholesterol #'s). Is there a connection? *shrugs*
Anyway...everyone read the article, and print a copy for your doctor (and know what your cholesterol #'s are.)