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What are the long term effects of having pcos? will i take pills all my life? i'd been diagnosed with pcos for almost eight years.
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Uterine abnormality : If you truly have pcos- other than difficulty in getting pregnant; you are at risk of the long term effects of unopposed estrogen over the next 20-30 years on the lining of your uterus, that puts you at a 4-8x increase risk of uterine cancer. To reduce this risk back to the peer-normal risks, you have to have regular withdrawal bleeds with some form of Progesterone on a regular basis.
Answered 9/28/2016
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