What Is PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease)

Let us understand PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease). Remember, in today’s society any and everyone is beset by some physical complaint or another. Polycystic Ovarian Disease is just another, in simple terms, a hormonal disorder. It is the result of your body producing excess androgens – these are male hormones. Sadly the condition afflicts women and the symptoms include irregular or missing periods, infertility as a result of inadequate ovulation. Other symptoms include excessive facial and body hair growth, oily skin, acne, dandruff, soreness in the region of the pelvis, and obesity.

Risk For Women Suffering From PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease)

• Type 2 diabetes mellitus because of insulin resistance, glucose intolerance as well as symptoms of pre-diabetes.

• Hyperlipidemia. This is increased levels of cholesterol and fat in your blood

• Cancer of the Endometrium

• Hypertension

• Cardiac disease

• Metabolic syndrome. This is a combination of insulin resistance, obesity, hypertension, and a greater tendency for the blood to clot.

Let us understand to help make things easier. Your ovaries create follicles that contain eggs. In your condition, even though you ovaries create the follicles, your eggs either don’t mature or don’t exit your ovaries. Such follicles can develop into cysts which most women suffering from PCOD have. On the other hand, it doesn’t mean that all women who have ovarian cysts have PCOD.

There are a variety of treatment options including medicines, dieting, surgery, herbal remedies, acupuncture and stress management. Yoga is one of them. Through Yogic practices you can achieve a lot by way of minimizing your ovarian cysts. Likewise Yogic practices are known to deal with other symptoms of PCOD. These include obesity, infertility, excessive hair growth and hair loss and acne.

Even though PCOD is basically a genetic condition, Yogic diet, Yogic exercises, Yoga postures and breathing exercises, minor alterations in lifestyle, stress management, natural therapies together with certain nutritional supplements will go a long way in alleviating your condition. Remember, everything you think, breathe, eat and do strongly affect your life and symptoms of PCOD.

Program Of Yoga To Be Necessarily Included

• All asanas in standing, sitting and supine (Lying face upward) postures. Avoid prone (lying face down) and inverted poses.

• Lots of slow breathing in the ratio of 1:2. That is if you inhale for 4 counts exhale in 8. Also do Anuloma-Viloma and Ujjayi pranayamas.

• Practice lots of Shavasana or Corpse Pose 2 – 3 times daily. PCOD, though genetic, can be reversed greatly through relaxation.

• Get into a Sattvic (pure and simple), predominantly vegetarian Yogic diet regiment.

• Avoid undue stress and tensions. It isn’t going to help your condition one bit worrying about it.

Above all, don’t give up – there’s always a way out.