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Mr Efstathios Theodorou
Independent Doctor's Federation
How is PCOS diagnosed?
Mr Efstathios Theodorou explains that PCOS is diagnosed by going over a woman’s history of irregular periods, hyperandrogenism, and/or polycystic ovarian morphology.
Transcript
Polycystic ovarian syndrome is mostly diagnosed by the history. Women that present with irregular periods, or no periods with hyperandrogenism either clinical or biochemical, and also they may have polycystic ovarian morphology. Two out of those three criteria needs to be present, and also exclusion of various other abnormalities before we make a diagnosis for polycystic ovarian syndrome.