Sekhon Amanpreet Kaur, Zergham Azka Shahid, Tserenpil Gantuya, Mebasher Amal, Malik Bilal Haider
Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Feb 3;12(2):e6855. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6855.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) commonly occurs in reproductive-age females. It elevates the hormonal levels, creates an imbalance in the metabolic system, and affects their reproductive system too. A number of studies have been conducted on PCOS, and it has been diagnosed together with several dermatological conditions. In this paper, we attempt a traditional review to study the relationship between PCOS and its cutaneous manifestations the patients are predisposed to. To uncover this association, we gathered information from English-language articles on the Pubmed database using six keywords. Materials were also collected from studies done on animal models, which helped in putting down all the data together and interlinking them with other studies. From this data collection, it is ultimately concluded that the association between PCOS and dermatological conditions is a very intricate interconnecting network comprising many factors, such as inflammation, genetics, and hormonal. This study raises some questions that are still unanswered. We believe further research is needed to uncover the various facts about this disease and its associations, in order to make its management more effective. As there is a strong association between PCOS and certain dermatological disorders, it is recommended to develop a questionnaire that should be distributed to every woman who presents to dermatology departments with symptoms that are linked to PCOS, as it will help in diagnosing the condition at an early stage.
多囊卵巢综合征（PCOS）常见于育龄女性。它会提高激素水平，造成代谢系统失衡，还会影响生殖系统。针对PCOS已经开展了大量研究，并且它已与多种皮肤病一同被诊断出来。在本文中，我们尝试进行一项传统综述，以研究PCOS与其患者易患的皮肤表现之间的关系。为揭示这种关联，我们使用六个关键词从PubMed数据库中的英文文章收集信息。还从对动物模型进行的研究中收集材料，这有助于汇总所有数据并将它们与其他研究相互联系起来。从这次数据收集最终得出结论，PCOS与皮肤病之间的关联是一个非常复杂的相互联系网络，包含许多因素，如炎症、遗传和激素。本研究提出了一些仍未得到解答的问题。我们认为需要进一步研究以揭示关于这种疾病及其关联的各种事实，以便使其管理更加有效。由于PCOS与某些皮肤病之间存在密切关联，建议制定一份问卷，分发给每一位因与PCOS相关症状前往皮肤科就诊的女性，因为这将有助于早期诊断病情。
