...Running head: PCOS, AN UNDER DIAGNOSED DISORDER PCOS, An Under Diagnosed Disorder Abstract A very common, but often under diagnosed hormone disorder is called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome also known as, PCOS. A positive diagnosis along with treatment can become the answer to many other health problems, including infertility, which may have plagued the patient. Purpose Statement Shows how PCOS, when diagnosed and treated properly can become the answer to many other health problems, including infertility, which may have plagued the patient. Statement of Qualification I bring knowledge to this study because I was diagnosed with PCOS 3 years ago at the age of 28. Having missed the proper diagnosis for the majority of my child-bearing years, I suffered from many of the symptoms that will be later discussed. I have since been under treatment and have found the answer too many of the health problems I had earlier in life. PCOS, An Under diagnosed Disorder In the medical field, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, also known as (PCOS) is a disorder of hormones that is rarely diagnosed. Many women carry out their lives with this disorder and are never treated for it. The disorder is common, affecting as many as one out of ten; however, this number may be higher due to under diagnosis. PCOS carries a wide range of symptoms and they vary from person to person. A few of these symptoms are obesity...
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...Effective interpersonal communication is a critical factor for PCO’s to create relationship from client and achieve the business goals. Empathy and trust is one of the criteria for interpersonal skills. PCO’s should develop the active listening skill which leads to understanding of client’s needs and expectation. For example, PCO’s may undertake regular meetings with client. It can provide a way for PCO’s update and listen to client. During the meeting, PCO’s can motivate client to share more about their opinions and requirements of the conference and convention. Such as the special needs of accommodations, budget consideration, etc. Active listening not only help PCO’s to clarify the requirements and expectation of client, but also help to show empathy and build trust from them. Thus, reduce misunderstanding in the communication process. Sensitivity to others is the other criteria for interpersonal skills. Good communication not only focuses on verbal action, but also the nonverbal action. During the negotiation session, PCO’s should being aware to read out client’s unspoken feeling through the nonverbal signal. Such as facial expression, eye contact and body language. This nonverbal action can help to transmit messages. If the client looking away when he/she talking to you,it means he/she is no interested for the conversation. Therefore, PCO’s should sensitivity to client in order to identify their preferences for decision making. Shared goals is another criteria...
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...What causes PCOS? PCOS is caused by an imbalance in the hormones (chemical messengers) in your brain and your ovaries. PCOS usually happens when a hormone called LH (from the pituitary gland) or levels of insulin (from the pancreas) are too high, which then causes the ovaries to make extra amounts of testosterone Resistance to insulin Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas to control the amount of sugar in the blood. It helps to move glucose from blood into cells, where it's broken down to produce energy. Insulin resistance means the body's tissues are resistant to the effects of insulin. The body therefore has to produce extra insulin to compensate. High levels of insulin cause the ovaries to produce too much testosterone, which interferes...
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...What is PCOS? PCOS is called polycystic ovary syndrome, and it is a syndrome that affects a large number of women, whether they know it or not. What is PCOS exactly? It is a hormonal disorder that causes the ovaries to enlarge with small cysts on the outer edge. There is no known exact cause of this disorder, but most of the symptoms occur from hormone imbalances. With the excess of insulin that is produced, sometimes an increased production of androgens happens and causes trouble with ovulation. Androgens are hormones that influence sex-related characteristics, so having an excess amount that the ovaries produce can result in having acne, hirsutism (which is excess facial and body hair) and could even cause reproductive dysfunction. This...
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...BDA BDA FOODBRITISH SHEET THE FACT DIETETIC ASSOCIATION Food Fact Sheet Long term health concerns associated with PCOS include heart disease and diabetes, particularly if you have any of the following: • High levels of fats in the blood • High blood pressure • Being overweight and, in particular, having lots of fat around your middle. The symptoms of PCOS can be controlled using a combination of lifestyle changes, cosmetic measures and medication. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) PCOS is a relatively common condition, affecting how a woman’s ovaries work. Healthier food choices and increasing physical activity can improve the symptoms of PCOS. This Food Fact Sheet will look at PCOS and how to manage it with diet and exercise. PCOS affects millions of women in the UK – around one in ten. There are three features which lead to a woman being diagnosed with PCOS: 1. A number of cysts that develop around the edge of the ovaries (polycystic ovaries). 2. A failure in the release of eggs from the ovaries (ovulation). 3. A higher level of male hormones than normal, or male hormones that are more active than normal. Even if only two of these features are present, this is enough to confirm the diagnosis. Eat well Healthy eating and being active can help you with PCOS symptoms and are very important to help prevent developing heart disease and diabetes in the future. This includes eating lots of fruit and vegetables, choosing lean meats and low-fat dairy foods as well as...
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...capsule opacification (PCO) is the most common complication following phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. (3) PCO is formed from lens epithelial cell migration from the equatorial area or from dislodged cortical fibers toward the visual axis. (4-5) Various options have been described for the treatment of PCO. Primary posterior con-tinuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (PPCC) combined with phacoemulsification is a surgical technique to prevent posterior capsule opacification after cataract surgery in adults. However, neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy...
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...Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or (PCOS) is a common condition in women of reproductive ages. Up to 70% of women with PCOS remain undiagnosed. Infertility is the most common symptom of PCOS. Polycystic ovary syndrome causes irregular menstrual cycles excessive body or facial hair and polycystic ovaries as the main symptom. Women with PCOS produce higher amounts of a male hormones known as androgen which contribute to some of the symptoms of the condition. Polycystic ovary syndrome is a constellation of symptoms rather then a specific disease and the cause or causes are not completely understood. Interestingly the ovaries may develop cysts but that is not necessary for the diagnosis polycystic ovary syndrome. Many females that suffer from PCOS...
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...cause problems with your periods and make it difficult to get pregnant. In PCOS, small cysts form in the ovaries which affect the hormones and disrupt the normal menstrual cycle. PCOS also may cause unwanted changes in the way you look. If it is left untreated, it can lead to serious health issues. There are various symptoms of PCOS such as: irregular periods, acne, weight gain, extra hair on the body and face and trouble in getting pregnant. Diagnosis can be made on the basis of the symptoms and lab tests. When the patient is diagnosed with the PCOS it is then important to get the treatment done in order to get rid of the disease. When it comes to the treatment then the patient can go for the two spectrums of the treatment that is the medicinal treatment in which doctors prescribe birth control pills to reduce the symptoms, Metformin to get the regular periods and fertility treatment for those who are trying to get pregnant. The other spectrum is the lifestyle change in which you can follow the strict nutritional diet, regular exercise and yoga regime. The relaxing and rejuvenating power of yoga helps a lot in tackling the symptoms and problems caused by PCOS....
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..._______________________________________________ Name of Presenter ___________________Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)_______________________ Disease or Illness Note: You may use this form as your format or include these topics in a PowerPoint presentation. Overview of Disease or Disorder (what is it? What does it do to the patient? What are usual outcomes?) | Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common disorder among women of reproductive age. Women with PCOS can have enlarged ovaries that contain fluid called follicles located in each ovary that can be seen during an ultrasound. Women with PCOS produce higher amounts of male hormones known as androgens which contribute to some of the symptoms. Women with PCOS have infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods, excessive hair growth, acne and obesity can occur. | Clinical Signs (How does the disease present?) | Women with PCOS usually have the following symptoms: Obesity, Acne, Infertility, Pelvic pain, Enlarged polycystic ovaries, Hirsutism (excess facial and body hair), Infrequent, absent or irregular menstrual cycle, Hypertension, Sleep apnea, Pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes | Etiology (What causes the disease or illness?) | It is not known what causes PCOS but excess insulin, heredity and low-grade inflammation may play a role. | Epidemiology (The incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population.) | Between 1 in 10 and 1in 20 women of childbearing age has PCOS. As many as 5 million women in the United States may be affected. It can occur...
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...disorder of the ovaries in women, with a common symptom of infertility, is known today as a condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS. It is the result of an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and progesterone in the ovaries. As a result, the imbalance produces the growth of benign masses or ovarian cysts. In addition, PCOS can cause irregular menstrual cycles, infertility, overproduction of insulin, and weight gain. PCOS affects approximately five million women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 (womenshealth.gov)....
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...Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an ovulation and infertility disorder that occurs in many women. Polycystic ovary syndrome is a problem that occurs in with the ovaries. In PCOS, the ovaries are bigger than average, and the outer surface of the ovary has an abnormally large number of small follicles, which are the sac of fluid that grows around the egg under the influence of stimulating hormones from the brain (Thatcher, 10). PCOS involves more than just the ovaries filled with small cysts, which is associated with high male hormones. In PCOS, these follicles remain immature, never growing to full development or ovulating to make an egg capable of being fertilized. For the woman, this means that she rarely ovulates (releases an egg) and so is less fertile. She also does not have regular periods and may go for many weeks without a period. Other features of the condition are excess weight and excess body hair. The condition is common infertile women and particularly common with women with ovulation problems (an incidence of about 75 percent) (Hammerly, 6). In the general population, around 25 percent of women will have polycystic ovaries seen on ultrasound examination but most have no other symptoms or signs of PCOS and are perfectly healthy. It is not known if women are born with this condition, PCOS seems to run in families, which means that something that causes the condition is inheritable. When PCOS is passed down the man’s side of the family, the men are not infertile...
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...State your PICOT question. Did using the terms used in this question lead you to useful research studies? The PICOT question is, In obese women with PCOS ages 18-44 (P) does family based lifestyle modification (I) compared to individual lifestyle modification (C) have a greater impact on BMI (O) within 24 months (T)? Using the PICOT question exactly as how it is written yield no result but, using some of the terms such as, PCOS- yield over 3600 result, PCOS and obesity- yield 1948 results, PCOS and lifestyle modification- yield 360 results and PCOS and BMI- yield 1713 result, all these results were obtain from the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. Using some of the terms in the PICOT question did lead to useful research studies. What MESH terms have you tried? Did they help you find additional studies? Are you finding MESH terms useful to expand or delimit your search? The MESH terms that this writer have tried includes, polycystic ovary syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, syndrome polycystic ovary....
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...Management System (EMS) Configuration of precinct data l Election Mark– Up Language (EML) Mark– l l Precinct– Precinct–Count Optical Scan (PCOS) System l Precinct Machine BOC Computer l Consolidation / Canvassing System (CCS) l PCOS Machine SMARTMATIC AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM (SAES 1800) SAES 1800 lPrecinct Count Optical Scan / Optical Mark Reader (OMR) • Detects the absence or presence of a mark in predefined positions on a form SAES 1800 Components RF Key Thermal Printer •2-1/4 inch roll paper •Rated to last 5 years Digital Scanner •4-bit mono – color scanner •16 shades of gray Processor And Memory Not Specified Compact Flash (CF) Card Input / Output Ports •CF Card Reader •UTP Ethernet Port •Disabled USB •RJ – 11 Modem Port Ballot Box Cast and Return •Buttons Disabled Display • Touch screen, mono-color display •Quarter VGA in size, 320x240 pixels Ballot Boxes with Transparent Panels Compartments the Ballot Box in Transparent Panels Invalid Ballots Valid Ballots Software Specifications: Operating System Embedded uClinux l Possibly with uClibC l Possibly with GNU core utilities l Copyrighted under the General Public License (GPL) open source licensing scheme l Voting Flow using PCOS - OMR BEI inserts physical key into PCOS machine to power it BEI inserts CF card into PCOS machine to configure it BEIs type...
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... If the speaker travels with their staff they would have to list the details of their expenses. Make sure all the details for expenses are spelled out to avoid being taken advantage of. (Wright & Siwek, 2005) You have the billing details and stipulations that specify fees and expenses that are prepaid or the ones that has to be reimbursed. They would need to specify how the fees are invoiced and will it include commission. They would need to know if the speaker/entertainment is an independent contractor and not an employee. If there is a waiver on recording rights it needs to be included in the contract. When working with a union the PCO should be aware that hotels have agreements with musicians’ union. In the agreement it will specify the number of band members for different ballrooms. When they do not inform the PCO that they brought additional members may end up paying six standby musicians not to play because they did let them know that a particular ballroom requires a ten-piece band. (Wright & Siwek, 2005) Cities all over the world are being affected by the jurisdiction of the entertainment industry unions that regulate things such as musicians...
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...To find a cure, it would be based on the women's specific symptoms. Since no two women with PCOS have the same symptoms, women would have to take different combination of treatments to meet their goal. Since there is no magic cure, there are life modifications, and other medication that may help. Two big lifestyles modification are diet and exercise because most women battle with weight, which is a main reason for many health risks. Losing weight is difficult because of the insulin resistance in the body. The insulin resistance will cause sugar and other starches to build up in the blood stream. Adding birth control pills to your daily schedule can help many things as well. Adding birth control, is only if a women does not want to become pregnant. Birth control can help reduce male hormone, clear acne and regulate the menstrual...
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