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Volume 8 Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education Public Health Congress 2018
July 23-24, 2018
July 23-24, 2018 Melbourne, Australia
5th World Congress on
Public Health, Nutrition & Epidemiology
Polycystic ovary syndrome: An emerging public health challenges
Raminder Kaur and Maninder Kaur
Panjab University, India
Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the common endocrine dysfunction in women of reproductive age and is responsible for
heterogeneous and manifold disorders. It is associated with enhanced risk of morbidity in terms of both reproductive and
non-reproductive events such as increased possibility of cardio-metabolic, obstetric, oncology and psychological complication
throughout the life span. The major determinants for these diseases are obesity, raised glucose level, raised cholesterol, physical
inactivity, decreased vegetables and fruit intake and high blood pressure etc. PCOS patients not only show classic cardiovascular
risks such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia, but also non-classic cardiovascular risks factors like mood disorder,
depression and anxiety. Overall obesity is common among PCOS women and it further worsens the health status of women.
Women suffering from PCOS exhibit higher prevalence of abdominal body fat as compared to their obese non PCOS counterparts.
Currently, it is unclear whether long term risks are due to PCOS or obesity. Previous literature illustrated that androgen excess
may be primary cause of fat deposition particularly visceral fat and leads to insulin insensitivity which is significantly reduced in
obese and overweight PCOS women and further promote androgen excess. PCOS being a hidden epidemic across globe and needs
awareness in diagnosis and management of the disorder with lifestyle modification like physical activity and diet.
Biography
Raminder Kaur has received her MSc in Anthropology from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She is a Junior Research Scholar (UGC) in the Department of
Anthropology, Panjab University, India. Her current PhD research work is on polycystic ovary syndrome.
Raminder Kaur et al., J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C3-038