“50% of women with PCOS go undiagnosed and it takes 5-7 different doctors to eventually get a diagnosis”. This is unacceptable.
Diagnosing PCOS is not that hard to figure out: periods may be irregular, there may be acne, excessive facial or body hair, head hair loss, infertility, there may or may not be cysts on the ovaries on ultrasound, there may be glucose intolerance or a family history of diabetes. Doctors need to look at the whole symptom picture and a) not mask the problem with birth control pills and b) check some hormone blood work.
http://6abc.com/health/symposium-spotlights-polycystic-ovary-syndrome/666773/