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PCOS (PMOS)

PCOS has a new name, PMOS: understanding the syndrome, how it is diagnosed and what the new name changes.

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Understanding · 19 October 2026
PCOS, now called PMOS: reliable pointers to help you find your way
What the syndrome involves, why its name is changing, and where to find evidence-based information, without jargon and without alarmism.
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Understanding · 19 October 2026
Understanding PCOS: what is known and what remains uncertain
The basics for understanding the syndrome, what it can mean over time, and the misconceptions you can set aside.
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Understanding · 19 October 2026
How is PCOS diagnosed?
Understand what clinicians are looking for, so you can follow the tests you are offered more easily. This page is not a self-diagnosis tool.
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Preparing an appointment · To print · 19 October 2026
Questions to ask your doctor about PCOS
Tick the ones that apply to you, add your own, print. You don't have to ask everything at once.
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Preparing an appointment · To print · 19 October 2026
My PCOS appointment: the questions to prepare
A checklist and note pages to fill in by hand before and after your appointment. Free and with no account: what you write stays with you.
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Terms and names · 19 October 2026
PCOS is now called PMOS: what the new name changes
The exact name, what each word means, why the old name was a problem, and why your diagnosis itself does not change.
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Possible symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis.

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Understanding · 19 October 2026
Endometriosis: reliable pointers for understanding the condition
What the condition involves, the signs worth seeing a healthcare professional about, what is known and what remains unknown, without jargon and without alarmism.
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Preparing an appointment · 19 October 2026
Endometriosis: diagnosis, treatment and preparing for your appointment
The usual steps towards a diagnosis, the main types of treatment to discuss with a healthcare professional, and tools to prepare for your appointment. This page does not tell you which treatment to choose.
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The years before the menopause: possible changes and options to discuss at your appointment.

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Understanding · 19 October 2026
Perimenopause: reliable pointers to help you get your bearings
Understanding the transition to menopause, what can change, when to talk about it and what remains uncertain, without jargon and without alarmism.
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Preparing an appointment · 19 October 2026
Perimenopause: how it is identified and which options to discuss
What guidelines say about identifying perimenopause and the options to discuss, so that you arrive at your appointment prepared. This page does not recommend any treatment.
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Recognising PMDD, telling it apart from premenstrual syndrome and talking about it at your appointment.

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Understanding · 19 October 2026
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD): key facts to help you understand it
What premenstrual dysphoric disorder is, what sets it apart from premenstrual syndrome, and what is known about its causes, without jargon and without minimising what the people affected go through.
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Preparing an appointment · 19 October 2026
PMDD: how the diagnosis is made and which options to discuss
Understand how the diagnosis is reached and the main groups of options described in the guidelines, and prepare for an appointment. This page is not a self-diagnosis tool and does not recommend any treatment.
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Persistent vulvar pain: definition, diagnosis and possible approaches.

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Understanding · 19 October 2026
Vulvodynia: understanding persistent vulval pain
What the term covers, what is known and what remains uncertain, and where to find reliable information in French. Real pain that deserves to be taken seriously.
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Preparing an appointment · 19 October 2026
Vulvodynia: how the diagnosis is made, and the options to discuss
What happens during the appointment, the approaches that guidelines describe and what is known about how well they work, so you can talk them through with the professionals caring for you.
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Feeling faint and a racing heart when standing up: understanding POTS and how it is diagnosed.

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Understanding · 19 October 2026
POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome): reliable key facts
What this syndrome covers, how it is defined, what is known and what remains uncertain, without jargon and without alarmism.
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Preparing an appointment · 19 October 2026
POTS: how the diagnosis is made and which options to discuss
Understand the tests you may be offered and the options described by the sources, to prepare your conversations with healthcare professionals. This page is neither a self-diagnosis tool nor a treatment plan.
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