Mehri Kalhor - PhD student of reproductive health of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Eesa Mohammadi - PhD of nursing , Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Leila Amini - PhD of Reproductive Health, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences
Lida Moghaddam Banaem - PhD of mother and child, Associate Professor, Midwifery and Reproductive Health Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition with a range of reproductive and metabolic features that affects 4–18% of reproductive-age women, depending on the diagnostic criteria used.Methods: The study was a review of several major articles in the field between 2010 and 2015. Reviews in the journal and pubmed, scincedirect, elsiver, proqust, willy, spinger, google scular databases with key words such as polycystic ovary syndrome, reproductive health, and women. The results were analyzed and ranked in a schematic way. For statistical analysis, statistical tests were used.Result: result shows PCOS is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility; 90–95% of anovulatory women seeking treatment for infertility have PCOS. Women may learn they have PCOS only after seeking infertility treatment. Most women with PCOS have elevated levels of luteinizing hormone and reduced levels of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), coupled with elevated levels of androgens and insulin. These imbalances can manifest as oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea (infrequent or lack of menstruation). Underproduction of estrogen and overproduction of androgens (testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, and androstenedione) by the ovaries can result in a number of additional clinical features, including tiny cysts on the surface of the ovaries (polycysts) and hair and skin symptoms. Women with PCOS who become pregnant are at higher risk than those without PCOS of developing gestational diabetes mellitus or suffering a first-trimester spontaneous abortion.Conclusions: Regarding the effect of polycystic ovary syndrome on the health of women, it is necessary to pay attention to the disease and its management.

polycystic ovary syndrome, reproductive health, and women