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Can your bikini line forecast your fertility?
News - July 8, 2009 8:22 A.M.
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Your body can give you clues to even hidden health problems. Here are warning signs that can help your recognize underlying issues:
The hair down there is starting to grow in a square
What it might mean: If your pubic hair is growing on your thighs and up your belly, forming a more square "rug" shape than a triangular one, you may have polycystic ovary syndrome. Caused by excess male sex hormones, PCOS can spur body-hair growth and disrupt ovulation. "Some women with PCOS don't realize something's wrong until they have trouble conceiving," says Katherine Johnston, M.D., instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Your next step: PCOS raises insulin levels and could eventually lead to diabetes and heart disease, so see your doctor to have your hormone levels tested. "I might put patients on a diabetes drug," Dr. Johnston says. "It helps lower insulin, in turn balancing sex hormones and restoring regular ovulation and fertility." Continue article at original source
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