Updated On: 19 September, 2025 04:01 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Doctors say women should pay attention to early symptoms and seek medical help to avoid complications, improve fertility, and ensure a better quality of life

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Currently, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common hormonal disorders affecting a large number of women. PCOS is increasingly seen in the 15–30-year age group, which covers adolescence and early adulthood. This rise is linked to lifestyle changes, stress, and genetic factors. Hence, women should pay attention to early symptoms and seek medical help to avoid complications, improve fertility, and ensure a better quality of life.
PCOS is a condition in which the ovaries produce higher levels of male hormones (androgens), and small cysts may develop on the ovaries. It leads to irregular periods, difficulty in ovulation, and several metabolic concerns. The causes can be attributed to hormonal imbalance, sedentary lifestyle, poor eating habits, family history of PCOS or diabetes, stress, and even obesity. The symptoms are irregular or missed periods, excess facial or body hair, acne and oily skin, weight gain, especially around the abdomen, and difficulty conceiving. It is the need of the hour to pay attention to PCOS in women and take prompt steps. This condition shouldn’t be neglected at all.