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00:17Irregular periods, pelvic pain, acne and excess body hair are some of the symptoms many women have struggled with for
00:25years.
00:25For decades, the condition was commonly known as polycystic ovary syndrome, or better known as PCOS.
00:32But according to gynecologist and obstetrician at St. Augustine Private Hospital, Dr. Shireen Kalou,
00:38the name often created confusion because many women diagnosed with the disorder do not actually have ovarian cyst.
00:46She explains that what patients often develop are arrested follicles or immature eggs that fail to fully develop
00:54because of hormonal imbalances.
00:56What we see on the ultrasound are not actually cysts, they're many follicles.
01:01So that took about 14 years of global meetings and about over 14,000 patients
01:13before this name change took place on the 12th of May.
01:16The condition is now being referred to as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS,
01:23a name Dr. Kalou says more accurately reflects the disorder's hormonal, metabolic and reproductive effects
01:30while removing the misconception linked to the term polycystic.
01:34Poly means many, so it involves many organs.
01:39Metabolic is dealing with energy and body.
01:44Then there's endocrine, well endocrine metabolic, endocrine means other organs as well involved.
01:52And ovaries are involved as well, but not a hundred percent that we used to believe
01:57because there was always that 10 percent of polycystic ovary syndrome patients
02:02who would not have that classic feature of multiple cysts or follicles as we call it.
02:08But they would have the other features, which is now what we are looking for.
02:13Dr. Kalou says PMOS can affect far more than reproductive health.
02:17Now we understand it to be, for the patient's sake, an endocrine metabolic syndrome.
02:25So we're dealing with insulin resistance, risk of diabetes, risk of heart disease, cardiovascular, mental as well.
02:35We have the insomnia and the sleep disorders.
02:39She says green research and public awareness are helping more women understand the condition
02:44and recognize symptoms earlier.
02:46All of these studies have brought more education for the general population,
02:52not just for the doctors and the dieticians and the nutritionists and the endocrinologists,
02:57but it's for everybody.
02:58So we could now better understand women hormonal problems, metabolic problems,
03:05polymetabolic ovarian syndrome.
03:08Lifestyle changes including regular exercise and healthier eating habits remain key in managing the condition.
03:14So you start off by the preventative measures, which would be encouraging exercise daily and eating properly.
03:24So dietary changes, fried foods and sweets are off the table.
03:28You're going to treat once a month if you behave yourself.
03:31Dr. Kalou says consistency and discipline are critical in reducing long-term health risk associated with PMOS.
03:38It has to do with the ability of the patient to have that willpower to say that this is what
03:46we have to do as women.
03:48According to the World Health Organization, PMOS affects approximately one in eight women worldwide,
03:55with nearly 70 percent of cases remain undiagnosed.
03:59I am Charlotte Kisto with tonight's Health Watch.
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