If you have PCOS, get your symptoms under control at an earlier age to help reduce your chances of having complications like diabetes and heart disease.

Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age has PCOS. As many as 5 million women in the United States may be affected. It can occur in girls as young as 11 years old. There is no single test to diagnose PCOS and because there is no cure for PCOS, it needs to be managed to prevent problems.