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Is severe back pain, upper & lower, part of pcos symptoms? in pain and normal mensuration/pms symptoms isnt as intense as now.

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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Pain: If one of the cysts ruptured , the symptoms could be explained by PCOS.

Answered 1/29/2019

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