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guppy RR -> RE: Policistični jajnici (27.2.2009 11:04:03)
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Fokus lečenja PCO sindroma je u tome da se izleče poteškoće kao što su neplodnost, akne, gojaznost... na dugi rok važno je da se leče rizici kardiovaskularnih oboljenja, visokog holesterola, dijabetesa i povišenog krvnog pritiska. Važno je paziti na iskranu, početi jesti zdravu hranu i baviti se nekim sportskim aktivnostima.
Medications for regulating your menstrual cycle
If you're not trying to become pregnant, your doctor may prescribe low-dose oral contraceptives that combine synthetic estrogen and progesterone. They decrease androgen production and give your body a break from the effects of continuous estrogen. This decreases your risk of endometrial cancer and corrects abnormal bleeding. An alternative approach is taking progesterone for seven to 10 days each month. This regulates your menstrual cycle and offers protection against endometrial cancer, but it doesn't improve androgen levels. Your doctor also may prescribe metformin (Glucophage, Glucophage XR), an oral medication for type 2 diabetes that treats insulin resistance. This drug is still being studied as a treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome, but research has demonstrated that it improves ovulation and may reduce androgen levels. However, doctors don't yet know if metformin offers the same protection against endometrial cancer as does treatment with oral contraceptives or with progesterone alone.
Medications for reducing excessive hair growth
Your doctor may add a medication specifically targeted at countering the effects of excess androgen. Spironolactone (Aldactone) blocks the effects of androgen and reduces new androgen production. For those reasons, the drug isn't recommended if you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant. Spironolactone is also a diuretic and may cause you to urinate more frequently. Your doctor might also prescribe eflornithine (Vaniqa), a prescription cream that slows facial hair growth in women. This medication is effective for about one-third of the women who use it. Avoid using this medication during pregnancy.
Medications for achieving pregnancy
To become pregnant, you may need a medication to trigger ovulation. Clomiphene (Clomid, Serophene) is an oral anti-estrogen medication that you take in the first part of your menstrual cycle. If clomiphene alone isn't effective, your doctor may add metformin to help trigger ovulation. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine compared the use of clomiphene and metformin, as well as a combination of the two medications, for achieving pregnancy. The study found that clomiphene was significantly more effective at helping women conceive than was metformin alone. About 80 percent of women are able to conceive using clomiphene, and it's estimated that 50 percent of women taking clomiphene have a baby. If you don't become pregnant using clomiphene and metformin, your doctor may recommend using gonadotropins — follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) medications that are administered by injection. Because many women with PCOS have elevated levels of LH, your doctor may recommend treatment with FSH alone. With clomiphene or gonadotropins, the risk of multiple births — twins or more — is increased.
Surgery
If medications don't help you become pregnant, your doctor rarely may recommend an outpatient surgery called laparoscopic ovarian drilling. In this procedure, a surgeon makes a small incision in your abdomen and inserts a tube attached to a tiny camera (laparoscope). The camera provides the surgeon with detailed images of your ovaries and neighboring pelvic organs. The surgeon then inserts surgical instruments through other small incisions and uses electrical or laser energy to burn holes in enlarged follicles on the surface of the ovaries. The goal is to stimulate ovulation by reducing levels of LH and androgen hormones.
Izvor: klinika Mayo
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