Irregular periods, weight gain, acne. Families in South Gujarat are getting the wrong answer. iSHA Women’s Hospital is seeing it every week.
Beti ki sonography hui.
Doctor ne kaha: ovary mein cysts hain.
The family panicked. Surgery talk started. Marriage plans got delayed.
But here is what nobody told them. Those are not cysts. And surgery is not the answer.
At iSHA Women’s Hospital in Vapi, Dr. Kaushal Patel sees this exact situation walk through his door every single week.
The Name Changed. The Understanding Has Not.
What most people in South Gujarat still call PCOS has officially been renamed by the global medical community. It is now called PMOS – Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome.
The word change matters more than it sounds.
“The old name, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, made everyone focus on the ovaries,” explains Dr. Kaushal Patel, Director of iSHA Women’s Hospital, Vapi. “But the ovaries are not the root problem. Many women have severe symptoms with completely normal ovaries on sonography. Those so-called cysts are just tiny undeveloped eggs stuck because of a hormone imbalance. They are not tumors. They do not need surgery.”
The ovary is not the problem. The body’s metabolism is.
What is Actually Going Wrong Inside the Body
The real issue starts with how the body processes sugar. When that breaks down, it creates a chain reaction across multiple hormones at once.
That is why PMOS looks different in every woman.
One has irregular periods. Another has facial hair. Another cannot lose weight no matter what she tries.
Same root cause. Very different symptoms.
Dr. Patel lists what families in Vapi most commonly miss:
- Sudden weight gain around the belly that does not go with diet or exercise
- Dark, thick skin patches around the neck or underarms
- Facial hair growth and acne that keeps coming back
- Periods that come once in 3 months, or not at all
These are not separate problems. They are all the same problem, showing up in different ways.
Why a Monthly Period Pill is Not Enough
“Giving a tablet to force a period every month does not treat PMOS. It just hides it,” says Dr. Patel. “The sugar imbalance keeps running in the background. The hormones stay disrupted. And when the woman later wants to get pregnant, the problem comes back bigger.”
At iSHA Women’s Hospital, the approach is different.
Instead of a single prescription, the team builds a plan that addresses sugar regulation, hormone balance, and daily diet together. The goal is not just regular periods. The goal is a body that works correctly, including when it is time to have a child.
For Families in Vapi and South Gujarat
If your daughter has irregular cycles, if your bahu has been trying to conceive without success, or if the sonography showed something that nobody explained clearly — do not wait for it to become a bigger problem.
Visit iSHA Women’s Hospital in Vapi for a clear, easy-to-understand evaluation with Dr. Kaushal Patel. One visit can clear years of confusion.
iSHA Women’s Hospital is a specialised women’s health and fertility centre in Vapi, Gujarat. Led by Dr. Kaushal Patel, the hospital provides gynaecology, IVF, and hormonal care for women across South Gujarat and the surrounding region.
