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Many women with PCOS have increased their fertility by losing weight, following a diet low glycemic index, or by medications or herbs. These treatments are useful, but they do not make the PCOS go away. Nobody understood why PCOS affects each woman so differently. Promising new studies may explain the cause of polycystic ovary syndrome – and how to cure it.

Women with PCOS are prone to inflammation. They also develop heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, thyroid disorders and other diseases caused by chronic inflammation at an alarming rate. Women with PCOS have a high number of "markers" (C-reactive protein) in their blood that indicate inflammation. The C-reactive protein or CRP is a more reliable indicator of heart disease than cholesterol levels alone.

Inflammation is the immune response of the body to irritation or infection. When your skin is red or itchy, you can see the inflammation. However, chronic internal inflammation is a silent killer. In an attempt to fight against inflammation, your immune system attack May your organs thyroid and others. She may stop using insulin properly. Or try in May to repair the inflammation as when arteries are inflamed and the body tries to patch the problem with the pressure plate, causing the arteries harden and lead to heart disease.

Finally, researchers have linked chronic inflammation with the genes that seem to cause polycystic ovary syndrome in Mexican-Americans (Mexican-Americans, Asians Southeast, and Native Americans all of us PCOS at a higher rate than non-Hispanic white women). Other studies have shown that inflammation Chronic is the cause of obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Taken with other studies, I see this as a very, very hopeful sign that the cause of PCOS may finally be addressed. Clearly, these genes do not disappear, but research suggests that if you treat inflammation then you can prevent insulin resistance, diabetes and heart disease.

Julie Renee Holland is the PCOS Coach. You can find more articles like this one, as well as the PCOS Blog at http://www.pcoscoach.com