Abstract

The Poly Cystic Ovaries Syndrome is considered to be most prevalent of all endocrine disorders which women face. It is the leading cause of Infertility in women of child bearing age. The purpose of our study was to collect data on how many women had symptoms of this syndrome including hirsutism, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea and oligomenorrhoea. Furthermore what was the ratio of women who were aware of this disorder was evaluated. Data was collected from one hundred and seventy seven women who were either seeking or imparting education in a university. A small portion of our subjects were educated house wives. Subjects were inquired through survey forms of above mentioned symptoms. The collected data was then interpreted to find the prevalence of above mentioned symptoms and awareness about PCOS. 36.7%out of 177 subjects had hirsutism. (Facial hair: 19.5%, Breast hair: 6.5%, other forms of hirsutism: 6.5%). Regarding menstruation 14% had some sort of irregularity. 9% women had oligomenorrhoea, 3% women had amenorrhea. On the whole 10% were familiar with PCOS. To conclude this study does not have sufficient evidence to establish the prevalence of PCOs through ultrasonography; thus only prevalence of amenorrhoea, oligomenorrhoea and hirsutism has been stated which can serve as a guideline towards finding the true prevalence PCOS in our society

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