10 PCOS Symptoms
Symptom #1: Irregular Periods
A woman with PCOS usually gets irregular periods or doesn’t get them at all. When they get periods, women with PCOS may get 8 or less in a year, while others may get them every three weeks or so. Irregular periods are among the most common PCOS symptoms.
This is the result of hormonal imbalance such that the woman has higher than normal androgenic hormones like testosterone. This leads to growth of cysts within the ovaries, an occurrence that interferes with the release of ova and menstruation. While it is common for girls to experience irregular periods when they start menstruating, if this continues into late teenage and early adulthood, it may be a sign of PCOS.
