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PCOS 2018
Journal of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology
ISSN: 2572-5432
Page 38
June 07-08, 2018
London, UK
4
th
World Congress on
Polycystic Ovarian
Syndrome
W
omen with PCOS generally have more emotional suffering
and physical pain than does the average woman. They have
more anxiety and depression, more arthritis and tendinitis, more
headaches, and more irritable bowel syndrome. This presentation
will discuss the issues of pain and mood disorder in women with
PCOS, and how they are closely linked and are greatly related
to both the nutritional status and the endemic inflammation of
the gut in women with PCOS. The evolving world of “nutritional
psychiatry” recognizes that the brain is intricately linked to gut
health and that gut inflammation, and the resultant impaired
gut barrier (leaky gut), results in systemic endotoxemia and
consequently more mood disorders and hypersensitivity to pain
stimuli. Women with PCOS are greatly impacted by various pain
syndromes and anxiety. Women generally have heightened pain
sensitivity and develop significantlymoremood disorders than do
men, which relates to the role of estrogen in both gut and brain
wellbeing. Women with PCOS generally are more inflamed and
have more gut dysbiosis. This presentation will bring all bodily
systems together into a clear and cohesive focus, centered upon
hormonal balance and the detection of nutritional deficiencies and
gut dysbiosis, factors which lie at the center of mood disorders
and chronic pain for women with PCOS.
fgersh@integrativemgi.comBeyond pain pills and antidepressants: The nutritional
approach to pain and mood issues for women with PCOS
Felice Gersh
Integrative Medical Group of Irvine, USA
J Clin Mol Endocrinol 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5432-C1-003