Dr. Eleanor Galvin
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And even if you couldn't take the normal ones, there are other ones.
There's vaginal estrogen, what are her symptoms?
And there are medication even for people to help menopausal symptoms.
That can't take HRT.
So there's lots of options there for people.
Most people haven't run out of time for trying it if they're suffering.
No, I think the person must be about 45, 46 years of age.
That's an early age to end up with no oestrogen in you.
Is it indeed the treatment for it?
So it's changed to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to reflect the fact it's a whole body disease and not just a disease that is dealt with by gynae spout infertility.
So women are more than their reproductive capabilities.
So if you have a disease, it is affecting you in more ways than maybe it might be harder to get pregnant.
So we shouldn't be just looking for polycystic ovaries for people's reproductive capacity.
Yes, of course, that's important.
But there's a whole load more to PCOS, which is now PMOS, because it...
People can have acne, hair loss, as well as too much hair, tiredness, chronic fatigue, mood changes, insulin differences.
And so there's an awful lot more.
And it's really a symptom that should be treated with medication under the care of a team, not just a gynae who's trying to make your periods regular.