Diagnostic criteria and therapeutic integral treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome

Abstract

Introduction: the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a clinical condition characterized by the presence of ovaries with small cysts, amenorrhea, hirsutism and obesity.
Objective: Provide current diagnostic criteria and comprehensive treatment trends, through a systematic review, which allows addressing the medical criteria in care for women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).
Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted by searching electronic database as Pubmed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Science Direct and Elsevier. Twenty-five articles published since 2011 are addressed for this review on SOP, which present scientific evidence, in relation to its utility with contributions in the diagnosis and therapeutic management of this pathology.
Results: the diagnostic approach implies certain difficulties in relation to the time of presentation of the symptoms. The current tendency is to consider it as a diagnosis of exclusion, using the four phenotypes proposed in Rotterdam. The study found that changes in lifestyle, weight reduction, diet, exercise, alternative medicine, cosmetic treatments, and prevention of epigenetic factors, surgical and pharmacological therapy contribute to improve the quality of life and symptoms in affected patients with this nosological entity.
Conclusion: Polycystic ovarian syndrome remains a disease with a diagnosis of exclusion, but the current trend is to investigate the anti-mullerian hormone as a predictor of this disease. The treatment aimed at correcting hyperandrogenism, menstrual disorders, associated metabolic disorders and anovulation.