Some info from another comment i made about PCOS in another community:
PCOS is a disease (syndrome) of execution not inclusion - in other words you have to exclude a bunch of possible issues before being able to make the dx of PCOS. Methods of dx'ing PCOS (used together): -u/s of ovaries - a "string of pearls" is USUALLY present. -Hormone level checks as different points of the cycle which should include: Estadiol (not just total estrogens), progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and Androstenedione -Pituitary Hormone level checks such as FSH, LH, ACTH, Prolactin Adrenal Hormones such as 17-hydroxyprogesterone, cortisol, SHBG -Thyroid level checks: TSH, Thyroid antibody, T3 and T4 -Cholesterol level checks -Liver enzyme checks -blood sugar levels -insulin levels -time in-between periods -male like hair growth patters -Weight around the middle causing an "apple" shape - it is not always an "over weight" issue but one of where one carried weight
as to the shape of your breasts and PCOS i cannot help you there but good luck.
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Date: 2008-04-15 08:36 pm (UTC)PCOS is a disease (syndrome) of execution not inclusion - in other words you have to exclude a bunch of possible issues before being able to make the dx of PCOS.
Methods of dx'ing PCOS (used together):
-u/s of ovaries - a "string of pearls" is USUALLY present.
-Hormone level checks as different points of the cycle which should include: Estadiol (not just total estrogens), progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, and Androstenedione
-Pituitary Hormone level checks such as FSH, LH, ACTH, Prolactin
Adrenal Hormones such as 17-hydroxyprogesterone, cortisol, SHBG
-Thyroid level checks: TSH, Thyroid antibody, T3 and T4
-Cholesterol level checks
-Liver enzyme checks
-blood sugar levels
-insulin levels
-time in-between periods
-male like hair growth patters
-Weight around the middle causing an "apple" shape - it is not always an "over weight" issue but one of where one carried weight
as to the shape of your breasts and PCOS i cannot help you there but good luck.